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  • We laughed when we realized that he thought he ordered octopus which is called tako in Japanese.

    BellaOnline - The Voice of Women 2010

  • Here's a question I just couldn't help thinking while reading this: do you think Elaine's mom makes "tako" salad as well?

    wreck 2006

  • Not as fun as telling everyone I could what I was doing though, since 'tako' in Swahili means buttock just one though.

    Archive 2006-08-01 2006

  • Not as fun as telling everyone I could what I was doing though, since 'tako' in Swahili means buttock just one though.

    wreck 2006

  • Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal The tako octopus nigiri sushi is pictured here.

    Nuanced Sushi 2011

  • Kraj tako slabe prozivodnje, u zemlji u kojoj je pojam biti trgovac, ekonomist ili odvjetnik, mizerna produktivnost je nesto najgore sto se moze desiti.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Ante Karamati 2009

  • Really, any of it especially sashmi; but if I have to narrow it down … I love the tuna belly (name escapes me right now) and also tako.

    24 Hours 2009

  • The poke was composed of ahi tuna, salmon, tako (octopus), sweet Maui onions, wakame, and kaiware sprouts, in a spicy poke sauce.

    Sushi Day » Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar » Print 2008

  • The poke was composed of ahi tuna, salmon, tako (octopus), sweet Maui onions, wakame, and kaiware sprouts, in a spicy poke sauce.

    Sustainable Sushi Contest 2008

  • The poke was composed of ahi tuna, salmon, tako (octopus), sweet Maui onions, wakame, and kaiware sprouts, in a spicy poke sauce.

    2008 September - Sushi Day - Sushiday.com 2008

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  • An entertaining bit of disambiguation:

    "Tako may refer to:

    Tako, Chiba, a town in Japan

    Tako (band), a former Yugoslav symphonic rock band

    Tako hiki, a Japanese knife used to prepare sashimi

    Tako, the Japanese word for "octopus"

    Tako, the Japanese word for "kite"

    Tako, the Japanese word for "callus"

    Tako, the Swahili word for "Buttock"

    Takoyaki, a type of dumpling

    TAKO is an acronym for four unrecognized breakaway regions in the former Soviet Union: Transnistria, Abkhazia, Karabakh, and Ossetia

    Tako, Thung Tako - Chumphon Province, Thailand

    TaKO, an Android application for shopping

    Tako, a type of eyeshadow by the Sugarpill company; it's vegan."

    - Wikipedia.

    July 17, 2011

  • The visuals are fantastic.

    July 17, 2011