What is "octopods"

Usage examples of "octopods".

Despite all appeals, the octopods persisted in digging on the surfaces of asteroids and comets.

The octopods and their allies fled, while the saurs and krakens who remained behind labored to repair the damage done.

From these the gods learned that the octopods were a few tens of light-years away, and heading toward the Solar System.

Scattered among them, octopods swung or scampered with the liquid grace of gibbons.