Teuthis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Teuthis is a noun meaning (Ancient Greece) A small squid.
Meaning
(Ancient Greece) A small squid.
Example Sentences
“[…] 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.”
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include teuthid, bathyteuthid, architeuthid, squid, bathyteuthoid, architeuthis.
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