Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of monster cephalopods, or giant squids, of the family Ommastrephidæ, and related to Ommastrephes except in size.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long)
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word architeuthis.
Examples
-
Having camera-tracked and camera-mapped my background footage, I separated the architeuthis sylvaticus scene into layers to be modified and recombined through the node compositor for example, I want to darken the background and give it a cold, bluish tint while keeping the luminous yellow eyes.
Archive 2009-08-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2009
-
Having camera-tracked and camera-mapped my background footage, I separated the architeuthis sylvaticus scene into layers to be modified and recombined through the node compositor for example, I want to darken the background and give it a cold, bluish tint while keeping the luminous yellow eyes.
Squid with noodles: 8 hours, serves one Sci-Fi Gene 2009
-
In fact, the largest of all squid, the architeuthis, this is an animal pushing 50, 60 feet in length, that's what these whales are hunting.
-
This is a 1:1 model of mesonychoteuthis AKA the colossal squid, which is not to be confused with the giant squid (architeuthis) or the jumbo squid (humboldt squid).
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.