inktvis — meaning in English

English meaning

• 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

inktvis is used for these senses in English:

• cephalopod Any mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.
• octopus (countable, strictly) A mollusc from genus Octopus.

octopus — full definition

1. noun A soft-bodied sea creature with eight arms lined with suckers and no internal shell.
2. noun The flesh of this creature eaten as food.

squid — full definition

1. noun A soft-bodied sea creature with eight arms and two longer tentacles, related to octopuses and cuttlefish.
2. noun Slang: a motorcyclist who rides recklessly without proper safety gear.

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