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Tintenfisch — 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

Tintenfisch is used for these senses in English:

  • calamari (cooking) Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.
  • 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.

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