Octopus (English Wikipedia)

Fowler, Henry Watson (1994). A Dictionary of Modern English Usage. Wordsworth Editions. p. 316. ISBN 978-1-85326-318-7. In Latin plurals there are some traps for non-Latinists; the termination of the singular is no sure guide to that of the plural. Most Latin words in -us have plural in -i, but not all, & so zeal not according to knowledge issues in such oddities as...octopi...; as caution the following list may be useful:...octopus, -podes

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