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ommastrephes

noun

extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins

• Hypernyms: ↑squid

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Ommastrephes

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\\əˈmastrəˌfēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek omma eye + strephein to turn — more at strophe

: a widely distributed genus (type of the family Ommastrephidae) of extremely active cephalopods (order Decapoda) having a cylindrical body, large rhombic terminal fins, and short strong arms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.