Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

octanucleotide

octanucleotide (ok`tu*nū"klē*o*tīd) , noun

[Octa- + nucleotide.]

(Chemistry) A molecule composed of eight nucleotide units bound to each other by phosphodiester bonds in a linear array; as, a partial digest of DNA or RNA may include octanucleotides. See octamer.