Teuthis

See also: teuthis and -teuthis

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τευθίς (teuthís, “small squid”), from Pre-Greek.

Proper noun

Teuthis f

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Loliginidae – Loligo, certain squid.
2. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Siganidae – now genus Siganus.
3. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthuridae – Acanthurus.

Hypernyms

• (genus of squid): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Cephalopoda - class; Coleoidea - subclass; Decabrachia - superorder; Teuthida - order; Loliginidae - family

Derived terms

• Australiteuthis
• Architeuthis (giant squid)
• Bathyteuthis (deepsea squid)
• Batoteuthis (bush-club squid)
• Brachioteuthis
• Chiroteuthis
• Cycloteuthis
• Enoploteuthis
• Eucleoteuthis
• Histioteuthis (jewel squid)
• Hyaloteuthis
• Joubiniteuthis (Joubin's squid)
• Lepidoteuthis (Grimaldi scaled squid)
• Lycoteuthis
• Mastigoteuthis (whip-lash squid)
• Neoteuthis
• Octopoteuthis
• Onychoteuthis (hooked squid)
• Ornithoteuthis (bird squid)
• Pholidoteuthis
• Promachoteuthis
• Psychroteuthis (glacial squid)
• Pyroteuthis (fire squid)
• Sthenoteuthis
• Thysanoteuthis (rhomboid squid)
• Walvisteuthis
• †Plesioteuthis

References

• “Teuthis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.