Catch a Lobster
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New England Aquarium
"Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini, Octopuses are intelligent,..."
Giant pacific octopus
From the section called Squids, Octopuses
Octopuses, Order Octopoda, have eight arms of about equal length
Reef Creature Identification Florida Caribbean Bahamas Enlarged 2nd Edition by Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach, page 258
under the section Mollusca
There are four primary divisions Cephalopoda (Squids and Octopuses)..."
Marine Life of the North Atlantic Canada to New England by Andrew J. Martinez 3rd Edition, page 78
obviously its a slow diving day for me!
I used to study em' scientifically. Fascinating. Too bad they don't live too long because as a species they do things that really fascinate. Sepia (cuttlefish) are way cool too.
Octopi is what most folks call em'. The technical terms used by specialists usually revolve around the words octopuses, or octopods.
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Terminology The term octopus, pronounced /ˈɒktəpʊs/, is from Greek ὀκτάπους (oktapous), "eight-footed",[32][33] with plural forms: octopuses /ˈɒktəpʊsɪz/, octopi /ˈɒktəpaɪ/, or octopodes /ɒkˈtɒpədiːz/. Currently, octopuses is the most common form in both the US and the UK; octopodes is rare, and octopi is often objectionable.[34]
The plural form octopi is often described as a hypercorrection. The Oxford English Dictionary (2008 Draft Revision)[35] lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order); it labels octopodes "rare", although the correct Greek plural form, and notes that octopi derives from the "apprehension" that octōpūs is a second declension Latin noun, though it is not. It is a Latinization of Greek third-declension masculine oktṓpous (ὀκτώπους, 'eight-foot'), plural oktṓpodes (ὀκτώποδες
. If the word were native to Latin, it would be octōpēs, plural octōpedes, after the pattern of pēs ('foot'), plural pedēs, analogous to "centipede".[36] The actual Latin word for octopus and other similar species is polypus, from Greek polýpous (πολύπους, 'many-foot'); usually the inaccurate plural polypī is used instead of polypodēs.
In modern Greek, the word is khtapódi (χταπόδι, plural khtapódia (χταπόδια, from Medieval oktapódion (ὀκταπόδιον, equivalent to Classical oktápous (ὀκτάπους, variant of oktṓpous.
Chambers 21st Century Dictionary[37] and the Compact Oxford Dictionary[38] list only octopuses, although the latter notes that octopodes is "still occasionally used"; the British National Corpus has 29 instances of octopuses, 11 of octopi and 4 of octopodes. Merriam-Webster 11th Collegiate Dictionary lists octopuses and octopi, in that order; Webster's New World College Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order).
Fowler's Modern English Usage states that "the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses," and that octopi is misconceived and octopodes pedantic.
The term octopod (plural octopods or octopodes) is taken from the taxonomic order Octopoda but has no classical equivalent. The collective form octopus is usually reserved for animals consumed for food.
The plural form octopi is often described as a hypercorrection. The Oxford English Dictionary (2008 Draft Revision)[35] lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order); it labels octopodes "rare", although the correct Greek plural form, and notes that octopi derives from the "apprehension" that octōpūs is a second declension Latin noun, though it is not. It is a Latinization of Greek third-declension masculine oktṓpous (ὀκτώπους, 'eight-foot'), plural oktṓpodes (ὀκτώποδες
. If the word were native to Latin, it would be octōpēs, plural octōpedes, after the pattern of pēs ('foot'), plural pedēs, analogous to "centipede".[36] The actual Latin word for octopus and other similar species is polypus, from Greek polýpous (πολύπους, 'many-foot'); usually the inaccurate plural polypī is used instead of polypodēs.In modern Greek, the word is khtapódi (χταπόδι
, plural khtapódia (χταπόδια, from Medieval oktapódion (ὀκταπόδιον, equivalent to Classical oktápous (ὀκτάπους, variant of oktṓpous.Chambers 21st Century Dictionary[37] and the Compact Oxford Dictionary[38] list only octopuses, although the latter notes that octopodes is "still occasionally used"; the British National Corpus has 29 instances of octopuses, 11 of octopi and 4 of octopodes. Merriam-Webster 11th Collegiate Dictionary lists octopuses and octopi, in that order; Webster's New World College Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order).
Fowler's Modern English Usage states that "the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses," and that octopi is misconceived and octopodes pedantic.
The term octopod (plural octopods or octopodes) is taken from the taxonomic order Octopoda but has no classical equivalent. The collective form octopus is usually reserved for animals consumed for food.
So if you want to really piss off some octopodes, call them "octopi."
JBert
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Dave please tell me you ate that sucker.
wetwillie2
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I just sneak up on em ................real quietly. they can hear you and smell you. so if you wear a drysuit you will catch more lobster.
also a tickle stick is a waste of time just reach in and scoop it out you have less a chance of messin up a egger female, and there is almost always another not too far away that is not too deep in a hole.
also a tickle stick is a waste of time just reach in and scoop it out you have less a chance of messin up a egger female, and there is almost always another not too far away that is not too deep in a hole.
pointdiver
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Correct, Divers may not take lobsters in Maine waters
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