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sepioid

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English

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Etymology

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From sepia +‎ -oid.

Noun

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sepioid (plural sepioids)

  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.
    • 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 174:
      As hinted at by the pygmy's glue gland, sepioids house some of the flat-out weirdest members of the modern cephalopod family.
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