Teuthis
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τευθίς (teuthís, “small squid”), from Pre-Greek.
Proper noun
Teuthis f
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Loliginidae – Loligo, certain squid.
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Siganidae – now genus Siganus.
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthuridae – Acanthurus.
Hypernyms
- (genus of squid): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Cephalopoda – class; Coleoidea – subclass; Decabrachia – superorder; Teuthida – order; Loliginidae - family
Derived terms
- Architeuthis (giant squid)
- Australiteuthis
- Bathyteuthis (deepsea squid)
- Batoteuthis (bush-club squid)
- Brachioteuthis
- Chiroteuthis
- Cycloteuthis
- Enoploteuthis
- Eucleoteuthis
- Histioteuthis (jewel squid)
- Hyaloteuthis
- Joubiniteuthis (Joubin's squid)
- Lepidoteuthis (Grimaldi scaled squid)
- Lycoteuthis
- Mastigoteuthis (whip-lash squid)
- Neoteuthis
- Octopoteuthis
- Onychoteuthis (hooked squid)
- Ornithoteuthis (bird squid)
- Pholidoteuthis
- Promachoteuthis
- Psychroteuthis (glacial squid)
- Pyroteuthis (fire squid)
- Sthenoteuthis
- Thysanoteuthis (rhomboid squid)
- Walvisteuthis
- †Plesioteuthis
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Teuthis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.