ὀσμύλη - Eledone moschata (LSJ Entry)

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ὀσμύλη, ἡ, A.a strong-smelling musky octopus, > Eledone cirrosa> , Arist.Fr.305:

According to what I can find, the species of octopus with a musky smell is Eledone moschata, not Eledone cirrosa.

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It seems likely. See A. W. Mair’s note in the 1928 Loeb edition of Oppian:

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Oppian/Halieutica/1*.html#note127

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LSK gives θαλάσσιος πολύπους ἔχων ἰσχυρὰν ὀσμήν…πρβλ. ὄζαινα, βολβίδιον.

http://myria.math.aegean.gr/lds/data/volC/pdf/pg_0366.pdf