What does "loligo" mean?

A member of the Loligo genus of cephalopods; a squid.

Loligo

Common synonyms include: cephalopod genus, experimental squid, genus of squid, historic taxon, model organism squid, neural model.

noun

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Noun

1
A member of the Loligo genus of cephalopods; a squid.
"the learned may consider the Crystalline humour of the eye in the cuttle fish and Loligo."
2
somewhat flattened cylindrical squid wordnet

"the learned may consider the Crystalline humour of the eye in the cuttle fish and Loligo."

From Latin lōlīgō.