Army threat to sailor? (7)

I believe the answer is:

octopus

(Other definitions for octopus that I've seen before include "Marine cephalopod" , "Spineless creature" , "Tentacled sea creature" , "Scoot up (anag.)" , "Mollusc with long tentacles" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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