Octopus

Noun
(see usage note regarding plurals)


 * 1) Any of several marine molluscs/mollusks, of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid or cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
 * 2)  The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
 * 3) An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.