coleoid

English

A coleoid, Sepioteuthis sepioidea

Etymology

From scientific Latin Coleoidea (subclass name).

Noun

coleoid (plural coleoids)

A cephalopod of the subclass Coleoidea, including octopuses, squid and cuttlefish.
- 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 12:
  A scabbard covers a sword, and the bodies of coleoids cover their shells (or lack thereof).

Translations

member of Coleoidea

Finnish: mustekala (fi)
Swedish: tvågälad bläckfisk c

Anagrams

coeloid, oceloid

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