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[โ€“] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Level 10: all forms are valid as long as enough people use them. The currently most used forms are octopuses and octopi, both valid, but octopi is malformed, so octopuses is preferred. Octopussses and octopii and rare variants of those. Also correct, but rarely used.
Octopodes is also correct, but considered pedantic.

Level 11: Just use what you are used to.

[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 16 hours ago

Level ATF&C: Glob