blue-ringed octopus

Meaning

Noun

Any octopus of the genus Hapalochlaena (genus), with distinctive blue rings, that carry the highly poisonous venom tetrodotoxin (TTX).

Origin

blue + ring + octopus.
From being an octopus with very prominent bright blue rings all over its body.

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