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Anything unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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Professor should know that it’s etymologically Greek, not Latin, so octopi is generally considered to be wrong.
Octopuses, or octopodes if you’re feeling badass, would be preferable afaik.
https://www.dictionary.com/e/octopuses-or-octopi/
Octopuses, octopodes, and octopi are fine.
Right, when there is this much controversy over a plural there will never be a consensus, especially when it doesn’t actually matter. The truth is that as long as people understand what you mean it doesn’t matter what you use.
Octopodomorphs if you want to be inclusive.