blæksprutte — meaning in English
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English meaning
- calamari noun Squid served as food, often cut into rings and fried.
- cuttlefish noun A squid-like sea creature with eight arms, two long tentacles, and an internal shell, known for squirting dark ink when threatened.
- octopus noun A soft-bodied sea creature with eight arms lined with suckers and no internal shell.
- squid noun A soft-bodied sea creature with eight arms and two longer tentacles, related to octopuses and cuttlefish.
Senses
blæksprutte is used for these senses in English:
- calamari (cooking) Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.
- cephalopod Any mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.
- cuttlefish Any squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened.
- octopus (countable, strictly) A mollusc from genus Octopus.