dctondcnlar

[Lat. octoni =eight each, and oculus an eye.) Having eight eyes. "Spiders [are] for the most part octonocular ."-Derham: Physico - Theology , bk. viii., ch. iii. oc-to-pēde, s. [Lat. octo =eight, and pes (gen it. ped is)=a foot.] An eight-footed animal. "Spiders, industrious, hardworking octopedes ."-Lytton: Night and Morning, bk. i., ch. vi. oc-to-pět-a-loŭs, adj . [Greek oktō =eight, and petal on a petal.] Bot .: Having eight petals. oc-to-pod, a. & 8. [OCTOPOD A.] A. As adj .: Having eight feet. " Octopod dibranchiates." -Owen: Invert. (Index.) B. As subst.: An animal having eight feet; spec if., any individual of the Octopod a (q. v.).