for breakfast, there's bacon and flapjacks with syrup
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Scientists have named the octopus the Carnarvon flapjack (Opisthoteuthis carnarvonensis), after the Carnarvon Canyon Marine Park off the coast of Western Australia, where it was found back in 2022.—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2025 Much about the lifestyle of Carnarvon flapjack octopuses remains unknown.—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025 Williams hit a flapjack on Hendry, who fell face-first onto the title, which laid on the canvas.—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025 So far, Carnarvon flapjack octopuses have only been found in a small region off the northwestern coast of Australia, the study said.—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for flapjack
Word History
Etymology
flap entry 2 (in sense "to toss sharply") + the personal name Jack
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For the use of the name Jack to denote a range of roles and objects see jack entry 1.
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