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sepioid

sepioid noun: a member of a clade of cephalopods including the cuttlefish and related species, typically held to include bottletail squid, bobtail squid and pygmy squid.

Noun

sepioid (plural sepioids)

  1. A member of a clade of cephalopods including the cuttlefish and related species, typically held to include bottletail squid, bobtail squid and pygmy squid.
    • As hinted at by the pygmy's glue gland, sepioids house some of the flat-out weirdest members of the modern cephalopod family.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 174

Forms of sepioid

pluralsepioids

Origin of sepioid

From sepia + -oid.

Questions about sepioid

What does sepioid mean?
Sepioid means a member of a clade of cephalopods including the cuttlefish and related species, typically held to include bottletail squid, bobtail squid and pygmy squid.
What part of speech is sepioid?
Sepioid is a noun.
What is the plural of sepioid?
The plural of sepioid is sepioids.

Words near sepioid in the dictionary

  1. sepiids
  2. Sepik
  3. sepiment
  4. sepiments
  5. sepimostat
  6. sepioid
  7. sepioids
  8. sepiole
  9. sepiolid
  10. sepiolids
  11. sepiolite

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