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    Is it not 'a knot of octopi'?

    "Some of the more colorful collective nouns are a murder of crows, an ostentation of peacocks, and a knot of octopuses."

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      CommentAuthorTaed
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2008
     

    Every dictionary that I checked listed both "octopi" and "octopuses" as the plural forms, and most listed "octopuses" first.

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      CommentAuthorAthene
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2008
     

    Technically, the plural should be "octopata".

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    I think this was in another thread, but is it
    ambulences or ambuli?
    Mongooses or mongi?
    Platypuses or Platipi?

    Even if it's not ambuli, I'll still say it that way :)

    • CommentAuthorlinj
    • CommentTimeApr 6th 2008
     

    Well, buses or bi?

    (My favorite hyperforeignism.)

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeApr 11th 2008
     

    The plural of mongoose is mongeese.

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    Is it really?

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      CommentAuthorNI17EG
    • CommentTimeMar 30th 2009 edited
     

    From one website I've found, the proper plural for octopus is actually octopodes. =)

    Check it out =)

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