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ARCHITEUTHIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does architeuthis mean?
• ARCHITEUTHIS (noun)
The noun ARCHITEUTHIS has 1 sense:
1. largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long)
Familiarity information: ARCHITEUTHIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
architeuthis; giant squid
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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