flamboyant cuttlefish

English

Noun

flamboyant cuttlefish (plural flamboyant cuttlefish or flamboyant cuttlefishes)

1. A brightly-coloured species of cuttlefish, Metasepia pfefferi, found in tropical Indo-Pacific waters.
   • 2000, Mark Norman, Cephalopods, a World Guide: Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Arctic, Antarctic, Hackenheim: ConchBooks, →ISBN, page 314:

     The flamboyant cuttlefishes (genus Metasepia) can flash contrasting patches of yellow, white, dark brown and red.

   • 2009, Matthias Bergbauer, Robert F. Myers, Manuela Kirschner, Dangerous Marine Animals: Mediterranean, Caribbean, Indo-Pacific, London: A & C Black, →ISBN, page 333:

     Flamboyant Cuttlefishes and Nudibranchs

   • 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 175:

     Like brightly striped caterpillars and spiders, the flamboyant cuttlefish is warning potential predators of its toxic nature.

   • 2018, Roger Hanlon, Mike Vecchione, Louise Allcock, Octopus, Squid, and Cuttlefish: A Visual, Scientific Guide to the Oceans’ Most Advanced Invertebrates, Chicago, Ill.: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 96:

     When disturbed, flamboyant cuttlefishes exhibit bright warning colors.

2. (slang) A swimmer who wears flamboyant clothing, often as a protest or as part of an LGBT-themed swimming competition