Monday, July 1, 2019

Octopodes (June 21, 2019)

What has two heads and 16 arms?  Fox and Otis when they're octopuses (preferred English plural) or octopodes (rarely used Greek form).  Using "octopi" as derived from Latin plural form is incorrect; "octopus" is a Greek-derived word.

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