Turquet's octopus

English

Noun

Turquet's octopus (plural Turquet's octopuses or (nonstandard) Turquet's octopusses or (nonstandard) Turquet's octopi or (nonstandard) Turquet's octopii or (rare) Turquet's octopodes or (rare, nonstandard) Turquet's octopus)

  1. A species of octopus, Pareledone turqueti, which lives in waters around the Antarctic.
    • 2023 February 4, Graham Readfearn, The Guardian‎[1]:
      In an ingenious approach, a team of 11 scientists – including biologists, geneticists, glaciologists, computer scientists and ice-sheet modellers – looked at the genetics of Turquet’s octopus – a species that has been living around the Antarctic continent for about 4m years.
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