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Webster 1913 Edition
Architeuthis
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Arˊchi-teu′this
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. pref. [GREEK] + [GREEK], [GREEK], a kind of squid.]
(Zool.)
A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.