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The Dutch word for octopus is
octopus





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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