Definition of Loligos

1. loligo [n] - See also: loligo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loligos

lojbanizing
loke
lokes
loki
lokorys
lokshen
lolapaloosa
lolapalooza
lolcow
lolcows
loli
lolicons
loligo
loligos (current term)
loliism
loline
lolis
lolium
loliums
loll
loll around
lollapalooza
lollapaloozas
lolled
loller
lollers
lolli-pop
lolli pop

Literary usage of Loligos

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

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1882)
"... or two-gilled cuttlefishes. The familiar octopus (Fig. 1), the loligos or squids, the sepias, and the argonauts or paper ..."

2. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1882)
"94) is that when at Sandy Bay, Mass, (on Cape Ann), in 1816, he saw a "great number" of squids ("loligos") that had been taken by the fishermen for bait, ..."

3. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1882)
"... sailed for two hours through dead loligos, covering the surface of the sea as far as the eye of the lookout could reach. Mr. Vrolik found in the stomach ..."

4. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1883)
"... sailed for two hours through dead loligos, covering the surface of the sea as far as the eye of the lookout could reach. ..."

5. Natural History of Animals: Containing Brief Descriptions of the Animals by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"SQUIDS, OR loligos, AND CUTTLE-FISHES. Squids have a long body, and broad, fin-like organs at the hind extremity, and they have a long and slender internal ..."

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