teuthis

T1E1U1T1H4I1S1

noun

A small squid.

OriginAncient Greek τευθίς →
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Meanings

noun
  1. Ancient GreeceA small squid.

    “[…] Compared with one another, the teuthis, or calamary, is long-shaped, and the sepia flat-shaped; and of the calamaries the so-called teuthus is much bigger than the teuthis; for teuthi have been found as much as five ells long.”

    1862, Aristotle, translated by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, History of Animals

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτευθίς
  2. Englishteuthis

From Ancient Greek τευθίς (teuthís).

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