sepioid

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noun

A member of a clade of cephalopods including the cuttlefish and related species, typically held to include bottletail squid, bobtail squid and pygmy squid.

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Meanings

nounsepioid (plural sepioids)

plural sepioids

  1. A member of a clade of cephalopods including the cuttlefish and related species, typically held to include bottletail squid, bobtail squid and pygmy squid.

    As hinted at by the pygmy's glue gland, sepioids house some of the flat-out weirdest members of the modern cephalopod family.

    2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 174

Origin

From sepia + -oid.

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APA

sepioid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sepioid

MLA

“sepioid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sepioid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sepioid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sepioid.

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