architeuthis

See also: Architeuthis

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

architeuthis

1. 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).