ARCHITEUTHIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long)

Synonyms:

architeuthis; giant squid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("architeuthis" is a kind of...):

squid (widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins)

Holonyms ("architeuthis" is a member of...):

genus Architeuthis (giant squid)

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