genus octopus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the family Octopodidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mollusk genus,
definition	:	a genus of mollusks (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	devilfish, octopus,
definition	:	bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family octopodidae, octopodidae,
definition	:	a family of Octopoda (noun.animal)