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| octopus | |
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| 2. [1] Zoologie: Oktopus, Krake | |
| [1] "Once a leash of thin black whips, like the arms of an octopus, flashed across the sunset and was immediately withdrawn, and afterwards a thin rod rose up, joint be joint, bearing at its apex a circular disk that spun with a wobbling motion." | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
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| octopus | |
| 1. subst. Any of several marine molluscs/mollusks, of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid or cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with |  |
| 2. subst. The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food. | |
| 3. subst. An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre. | |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
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| Krake | |
| 1. subst. (chiefly sciences) a mollusk of the order Octopoda; an octopus in the broader sense | |
| 2. subst. (mythology, or figuratively) a kraken (sea monster) | |
| Das Schiff wurde von einer Krake (einem Kraken) versenkt. - The ship was sunk by a kraken. | |
| die/der Krake des Kapitalismus - the kraken of capitalism | |
