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Octopus

The octopus is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda. Around 300 species are recognised and the order is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish and nautiloids.

Like other cephalopods, the octopus is bilaterally symmetric with two eyes and a beak, with its mouth at the centre point of the eight limbs (traditionally called "arms", sometimes mistakenly called "tentacles").