"inkfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: inkfishes [plural], inkfish [plural]
Etymology: ink + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ink|fish}} ink + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|inkfish}} inkfish (plural inkfishes or inkfish)
  1. (colloquial) An octopus or squid. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-inkfish-en-noun-x30P~nrk
  2. (colloquial) A cuttlefish. Tags: colloquial Categories (lifeform): Cephalopods
    Sense id: en-inkfish-en-noun-4DvOz-Yy Disambiguation of Cephalopods: 28 72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94

Inflected forms

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