pygmy squid

noun

A cephalopod of the family Idiosepiidae, including the northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) and the southern pygmy squid (Xipholeptos notoides).

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Meanings

nounpygmy squid (plural pygmy squids or pygmy squid)

plural pygmy squids

  1. A cephalopod of the family Idiosepiidae, including the northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) and the southern pygmy squid (Xipholeptos notoides).

    Pygmy squid spend most of their lives stuck to blades of seaweed with an absolutely fantastic little glue gland.

    2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 173
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