For the first time in the United States, research with cephalopods might require approval by an ethics committee.

For the first time in the United States, research with cephalopods might require approval by an ethics committee.

  • kirklennon
    11•1 year ago

    The only one you should ever actually use in English is “octopuses,” which is correctly used by Nature in their article and in the linked NIH proposal. It’s the right term for both everyday use and for academic and legal purposes. Octopus is a common English word and warrants the standard English plural.

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    • @[email protected]
      4•1 year ago

      Octopuses is the English plural and most commonly used, but I personally use octopodes just cause I just like how it sounds lol.

      • DreamButtEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        Honestly octopuses just sounds awkward anyway