תְּמָנוּן
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. octopus (any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers) (countable, loosely)
Pronunciation
tmanún
Examples5
תְּמָנוּן ברַבִּים זֶה תְּמָנוּנִים.
The plural of octopus is octopuses.
כַּמָּה זְרוֹעוֹת יֵשׁ לתְּמָנוּן?
How many arms does an octopus have?
הַתְּמָנוּן פאול צָדַק.
Octopus Paul was right.
הַתְּמָנוּן פּוֹל צָדַק.
Octopus Paul was right.
הַתְּמָנוּן כָּרַךְ אֵת עַצְמוֹ מִסָּבִיב לטֶרֶף.
The octopus wrapped itself around its prey.