Eating in China
Octopus ingredient on a plain plate.

Octopus

八爪魚Bāzhuǎyú

Seafood from an animal with eight arms lined with suction cups, unlike squid with two additional tentacles.

Type
Fish and seafood

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Seafood from an animal with eight arms lined with suction cups, unlike squid with two additional tentacles.

In the kitchen

Included among the seafood cooked with Portuguese-style seafood rice.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有八爪魚吗?

Does this dish contain Octopus?

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