Octopodian

Once the Russians had installed themselves at Merv, and drawn within their octopodian arms the Tekkes, the Salors, and part of the Saruks, they thereby established just the shadow of a specious claim to the suzerainty of all the Turkomans, ...

... farther than could have been supposed — suddenly let go, and, having passed out of the city, we found ourselves gliding through a landscape of surpassing loveliness which gave no hint of the nearness of the octopodian monster.

The Marquess Wellesley tried to draw within the octopodian arms of his co-religionists and compatriots all the Maratha States by forging on them the fetters of the subsidiary alliance.

There were a few unusual creatures, like the octopodian creature that slithered along upright on tentacles and regarded her with bulbous eyes that had stars for pupils. Or the purple furry creature that walked on all four of its hands.

Not sure how much I believe it—they tend to keep to themselves, spending most of their time in their underwater colonies in the Sunk. Cephels' octopodian heritage make them excellent fishermen and shellfish collectors.

On the 16th some of the ticks cast their skin for the first time, and are now at the stage of octopodian nymphae, for now they have four pairs of legs.

Centipedes hastened past, legs moving in agitated undulations; tiny red spiders pounced, like octopodian tigers from another, microscopic world, on prey so infinitesimal that it was impossible to see whether it crawled or flew.