Sepioid

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a clade of cephalopods including the cuttlefish and related species, typically held to include bottletail squid, bobtail squid and pygmy squid.

    "As hinted at by the pygmy's glue gland, sepioids house some of the flat-out weirdest members of the modern cephalopod family."

Example

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"As hinted at by the pygmy's glue gland, sepioids house some of the flat-out weirdest members of the modern cephalopod family."

Etymology

From sepia + -oid.

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