Do we say octopi or octopuses

octopi 3 occurrences

Your sisters" "I want to know what" "Your sisters froze on to your knees like little octopuses (or octopi), and screamed, 'Don't go, Edwin!'

In order to live he needs rather to put himself on the offensive, to inspire respect in devouring monsters, especially in the octopi that are seeking as prey his trunk and hairy claws, exposed to locomotion outside his tower.

In this manner he could fancy of gigantic dimensions these cuttlefish of the Aquarium, just as the monstrous oceanic octopi must be that, thousands of yards down, were illuminating the gloom of the waters with the greenish star of their phosphorescent nuclei.

octopuses 4 occurrences

They were like octopuses in mortal combat; their arms flailing seemed more than four arms Brodie had his hands at King's throatKing's hands were at Brodie's throat.

Your sisters" "I want to know what" "Your sisters froze on to your knees like little octopuses (or octopi), and screamed, 'Don't go, Edwin!'

But octopuses don't wear boots.

"You won't see any octopuses," said her husband.

Do we say   octopi   or  octopuses