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chiroteuthids

chiroteuthids is the plural of chiroteuthid.

Meaning of chiroteuthid

Noun

chiroteuthid (plural chiroteuthids)

  1. (marine biology) Any squid in the family Chiroteuthidae, sometimes called whiplash squids.
    • All chiroteuthids have distinct tentacles and club morphology, but given the extreme length and fragility of these structures, they are often lost during capture, especially in nets, or when specimens have been recovered from fisheries^([sic]) bycatch.2010, Rebecca Mensch, A systematic review of the squid genus Chiroteuthis (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in New Zealand waters, Earth & Oceanic Sciences Research Institute, Auckland University of...
    Synonyms:
    whiplash squid

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Questions about chiroteuthids

What is chiroteuthids the plural of?
Chiroteuthids is the plural of chiroteuthid.

Words near chiroteuthids in the dictionary

  1. chirostylids
  2. chirostyloid
  3. chirostyloids
  4. chirotechnology
  5. chiroteuthid
  6. chiroteuthids
  7. chirotherapy
  8. chirotherian
  9. chirotheriid
  10. chirotheriids
  11. chirothesia

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