vampire squid en · NOUN
Meanings
- Any of the order Vampyromorphida of cephalopods with eight arms which are united by a web of skin.
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(in particular) Any of the order Vampyromorphida of cephalopods with eight arms which are united by a web of skin. ▸ A small cephalopod (Vampyroteuthis infernalis), found throughout temperate and tropical oceans in extreme deep sea conditions.
The Vampire squid – which is actually an octopodiform and not a squid, and looks like an apparition from an impossibly ancient dream – is harmless to humans.
2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 229:
Forms
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| vampire squids | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| vampire squid | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
sv vampyrbläckfisk (sea animal) · ru а́дский вампи́р (sea animal) · pl wampirzyca (sea animal) · pt lula-vampira-do-inferno (sea animal) · cmn 吸血烏賊 /吸血乌贼 (sea animal) · ru адский кальма́р-вампи́р (sea animal) · ja 蝙蝠蛸 (sea animal) · fr vampire des enfers (sea animal)