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coleoid

coleoid noun: a cephalopod of the subclass Coleoidea, including octopuses, squid and cuttlefish.

coleoid: a cephalopod of the subclass Coleoidea, including octopuses, squid and cuttlefish
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Noun

coleoid (plural coleoids)

  1. A cephalopod of the subclass Coleoidea, including octopuses, squid and cuttlefish.
    • A scabbard covers a sword, and the bodies of coleoids cover their shells (or lack thereof).2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 12

Forms of coleoid

pluralcoleoids

Origin of coleoid

From scientific Latin Coleoidea (subclass name).

Questions about coleoid

What does coleoid mean?
Coleoid means a cephalopod of the subclass Coleoidea, including octopuses, squid and cuttlefish.
What part of speech is coleoid?
Coleoid is a noun.
What is the plural of coleoid?
The plural of coleoid is coleoids.

Words near coleoid in the dictionary

  1. colenchyma
  2. Colene
  3. Colens
  4. Colenso
  5. colenterazine
  6. coleoid
  7. coleoids
  8. coleophoran
  9. coleophorid
  10. coleophorids
  11. coleopter

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