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"taxonomic": "Todarodes angolensis",
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"word": "Antarctic flying squid"
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"taxonomic": "Todarodes sagittatus",
"word": "European flying squid"
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"alt": "Hyaloteuthis pelagica",
"word": "glassy flying squid"
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"alt": "Nototodarus gouldi",
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"alt": "Nototodarus hawaiiensis",
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"taxonomic": "Todarodes pacificus",
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"alt": "Dosidicus gigas",
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"alt": "Todaropsis eblanae",
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"taxonomic": "Todarodes pusillus",
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"alt": "Eucleoteuthis luminosa",
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"alt": "Ommastrephes bartramii",
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"alt": "Sthenoteuthis pteropus",
"word": "orangeback flying squid"
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"alt": "Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis",
"word": "purpleback flying squid"
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"alt": "Ommastrephes bartramii",
"word": "red flying squid"
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"alt": "Martialia hyadesii",
"word": "sevenstar flying squid"
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"alt": "Nototodarus sloanii",
"word": "Wellington flying squid"
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"ref": "1840, The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Volume 22, page 194",
"text": "The Flying Fish or Cuttle Fish (Loligo Sp.)—Many different kinds of Loligo are called by sailors Flying Squid, from a habit they have of leaping from the water, and proceeding through the air to some distance in a horizontal direction, like flying fish.",
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"ref": "1993, Bulletin - International North Pacific Fisheries Commission, Volume 53, Issues 1-3, International North Pacific Fisheries Commission, page 45",
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"ref": "1994, Richard L. Wallace, editor, The Marine Mammal Commission Compendium of Selected Treaties... on Marine Resources, Wildlife, and the Environment, Volume III, page 3184",
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"alt": "Ornithoteuthis",
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"alt": "Martialia hyadesii",
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