pieuvre — meaning in English

English meaning

• octopus noun A soft-bodied sea creature with eight arms lined with suckers and no internal shell.
• tentacle noun A long, flexible, limb-like organ used for grasping or feeling, found on animals like octopuses and squid.

Senses

pieuvre is used for these senses in English:

• octopus (countable, strictly) A mollusc from genus Octopus.
• tentacle (figurative) An insidious reach or influence.

octopus — full definition

1. noun A soft-bodied sea creature with eight arms lined with suckers and no internal shell.
2. noun The flesh of this creature eaten as food.

tentacle — full definition

1. noun A long, flexible, limb-like organ used for grasping or feeling, found on animals like octopuses and squid.
2. noun A far-reaching branch of influence or control, especially of something sinister.

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