Teuthis
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τευθίς (teuthís, “small squid”), from Pre-Greek.
Proper noun
Teuthis f, m
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Loliginidae – Loligo, certain squid.
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Siganidae – Siganus.
- (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.
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