octagon (oktagon)

[= F. octogone = Sp. octágo no =Pg. octogono = It. ottagono, γωνος, eight-cornered (as a noun, an eight-cornered building), by a stipule or by the union of two stipules.- octagynous (ok-taj'i-nus), a. See octogynous. 3. In ornith., booted; having the tarsal envelop continuous; having a holothecal podotheca. See boot and caligula.-4. In zool., sheathed as if with stipules; having ocreæ. ocreated (ok'rē-ā-ted), a. Same as ocreate. Oct. An abbreviation of October. octa-. [L., etc., octa-, octachord (ok'ta-kôrd), n. [L. oct ach ordos, Also octochord , octogenary..