Definition of Giant squid

1. Noun. Largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long).

Exact synonyms: Architeuthis
Generic synonyms: Squid
Group relationships: Genus Architeuthis

Definition of Giant squid

1. Noun. Any of several species of very large squid, of the family ''Architeuthidae'', that live at great depths, and of which little is known. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Giant Squid

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giant sequoia
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giant silkworm moth
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Literary usage of Giant squid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fish Stories Alleged and Experienced: With a Little History Natural and by Charles Frederick Holder, David Starr Jordan (1909)
"But the giant squid breaks the record for animal propensities. ... But the naturalist of the literary Porch Club tells us of a giant squid, ..."

2. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1903)
"Stomach was well filled with the chewed-up parts of a giant squid. Nos. 7 and 8. July Ifi. Found two sea-lion cows about a mile south of Point Pinos. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"Eight out of the seventeen were well filled with the flesh of the giant squid ; two were gorged with large octopus, while the remaining seven contained pens ..."

4. The Story of the New England Whalers by John Randolph Spears (1908)
"Observation convinced the whalers that the sperm whale lived chiefly on the sepia octopus, the huge eight-armed creature that seamen called the giant squid. ..."

5. The Standard Natural History by John Sterling Kingsley, Elliott Coues (1884)
"Other giant squid have been taken in various parts of the world, Iceland, Sweden, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, etc., but none equal in size the specimen ..."

6. Half Hours with the Lower Animals: Protozoans, Sponges, Corals, Shells by Charles Frederick Holder (1905)
"Projecting forward are two long, slender arms, and eight shorter ones, which in the giant squid are from six to ten feet in length. ..."

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