The Dutch word for octopus is
octopus
Translations for octopus and their definitions
octopus | © | |
1. n-m. octopus |
inktvis | © | |
1. n-m. A squid, marine mollusk of the superorder Decabrachia or Decapodiformes or more generally (including octopuses) of the class Cephalopoda. | ||
Inktvis is een misleidende naam: het is helemaal geen vis, zelfs geen gewerveld dier, en inktvissen produceren ook geen echte inkt, al wordt er wel pasta sepia gekleurd met het goedje | ||
"Inktvis" is a misleading name: it's not a fish at all, not even a vertebrate, and squids produce no actual ink either, although some pasta is colored sepia with the stuff |
kraak | |
1. n-m. An instance or action of cracking, breaking; in particular the activity of squatting premises. | |
2. n-m. A robbery by breaking and entering. | |
3. v. first-person singular present indicative of kraken | |
4. v. imperative of kraken | |
5. n-f. (navigation) A carrack, a nau; a large, 16th/17th century, Iberian type of war - or commercial naval ship. | |
6. n-f. A smaller Dutch type of wooden cargo ship, used for inland shipping from the late seventeenth to early nineteenth century. | |
7. n-m. (zoology) kraken, giant octopus | |
8. n-m. sea monster | |
9. n-m. Alternative form of kraken | |
10. n-m. A gallery in a barn or church |
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