architeuthis
See also: Architeuthis
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name.
Noun
editarchiteuthis
- A giant squid (genus Architeuthis).
- 2007, Toren Atkinson (lyrics), “Chapter I: A Marine Biologist” in The Shadow Out of Tim:
- Architeuthis, lean and fast, / Show us your sublime buccal mass!
- 2009 September 14, Janet Maslin, “Fasten Your Seat Belts, There’s Code to Crack”, in New York Times[1]:
- It is located within an immense, highly guarded building that also houses Mars meteorite ALH-84001 and an architeuthis (a k a giant squid).
- 2007, Toren Atkinson (lyrics), “Chapter I: A Marine Biologist” in The Shadow Out of Tim: