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teuthis

teuthis noun: a small squid.

Noun

teuthis

  1. (Ancient Greece) A small squid.
    • “[…] Compared with one another, the teuthis, or calamary, is long-shaped, and the sepia flat-shaped; and of the calamaries the so-called teuthus is much bigger than the teuthis; for teuthi have been found as much as five ells long.”1862, Aristotle, translated by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, History of Animals

Origin of teuthis

From Ancient Greek τευθίς (teuthís).

Questions about teuthis

What does teuthis mean?
Teuthis means a small squid.
What part of speech is teuthis?
Teuthis is a noun.

Words near teuthis in the dictionary

  1. Teuscher
  2. Teuschers
  3. Teutates
  4. teuthid
  5. teuthids
  6. teuthis
  7. teuthivorous
  8. teuthoid
  9. teuthoids
  10. teuthological
  11. teuthologist

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