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teuthivorous

teuthivorous adjective: feeding on cephalopods.

Adjective

teuthivorous (not comparable)

  1. Feeding on cephalopods.
    • The tusks of the strap-toothed whale grow up and across the snout, like a bone ribbon that ties the mouth nearly shut. This apparently causes no problems, because beaked whales—keeping it weird—neither bite nor chew their food. They are suction feeders, drinking in their meals rather than eating...2021 March 30, J. B. MacKinnon, “An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention”, in The Atlantic

Origin of teuthivorous

From Ancient Greek τευθίς (teuthís, “squid”) + -vorous.

Questions about teuthivorous

What does teuthivorous mean?
Teuthivorous means feeding on cephalopods.
What part of speech is teuthivorous?
Teuthivorous is an adjective.

Words near teuthivorous in the dictionary

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

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