stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoPhoenix's record heat is killing off cactuseswww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareSuru@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoOctopus has a Greek root, so the correct plural would be octopodes. Octopuses and octopi are both acceptable, though. But I do love to bring up etymology whenever this comes up.
Octopus has a Greek root, so the correct plural would be octopodes. Octopuses and octopi are both acceptable, though. But I do love to bring up etymology whenever this comes up.