Etymology

teuthivorous

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Today it means: Feeding on cephalopods. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τευθίς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτευθίς“squid”
  2. English todayteuthivorous

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

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