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In a manga I found the following sentence:

ひき戻すな、タコ。

The person to which the word タコ refers to is a secondary character that rarely
appears. His name was never mentioned before. Since the person that is talking
is a quite rude old man and since the word is written in katakana, I am
wondering if タコ is just the name of the secondary character or if it is an
offensive word like バカ or アホ。 Thank you for your help!

EDIT: Since there were conflicting answers, I decided to provide more context.
[**Here**](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NwgyZ.jpg) you can see the two pages
where I found the term. They are from a manga about boxing called "リクドウ",
where Riku is the name of the main character. In the first page the secondary
character is worried about Riku starting the 2nd round, since he almost got ko
in the 1st, at which point the old man, which is Riku's trainer, tells him
"ひき戻すな、タコ". The second page is right after the end of the match. It looks like
the unnamed secondary character is the trainer's helper.
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Can タコ be an offensive word?
タコ is the most common form of writing octopus.

Octopuses/Octopi are often associated with grabbing things; calling someone a
タコ could allude to this in the same way you might call someone a 豚, 狐, or 犬.

It could also be used like バカ or アホ but is not quite as common as them. In any
case, people will be angry if you call them a タコ. It is not a common name.

Please read [this answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/48906/22758)
written by someone more knowledgable than me.
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タコ is sometimes used as an offensive word like バカ、アホ, マヌケ.

This タコ would be an offensive word like that. Person's names including of タコ
aren't many.
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