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vampire squids

vampire squids is the plural of vampire squid.

Meaning of vampire squid

Noun

vampire squid (plural vampire squids or vampire squid)

  1. Any of the order Vampyromorphida of cephalopods with eight arms which are united by a web of skin.
    1. A small cephalopod (Vampyroteuthis infernalis), found throughout temperate and tropical oceans in extreme deep sea conditions.
      • The Vampire squid – which is actually an octopodiform and not a squid, and looks like an apparition from an impossibly ancient dream – is harmless to humans.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 229

Questions about vampire squids

What is vampire squids the plural of?
Vampire squids is the plural of vampire squid.

Words near vampire squids in the dictionary

  1. vampire moth
  2. vampire moths
  3. vampire number
  4. vampire numbers
  5. vampire squid
  6. vampire squids
  7. vampire syndrome
  8. vampire taco
  9. vampire tacos
  10. vampire tea bag
  11. vampire tea bags

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