A small cephalopod having a dark body covered in light-producing organs, large reddish eyes, and a web of skin connecting the arms.
The vampire squid is the sole surviving member of the order Vampyromorphida
Example sentencesExamples
Chemosynthetic archaea that cluster around geothermal vents, ghostly pale crabs, red-lipped tube worms; viperfish, bioluminescent anglerfish, basket stars, vampire squid.
The vampire squid, however, is not a blood-thirsty predator as its name suggests.
Thin skin connects the vampire squid's tentacles.
The bay is home to squids including the giant squid, the seven-arm octopus (the largest in the world) and the bizarre vampire squid.
In the Monterey Submarine Canyon at depths of 2,100 feet (645 meters) and more, is a cold, dark world inhabited by strange creatures including vampire squid and football fish.
Definition of vampire squid in US English:
vampire squid
noun
A small cephalopod having a dark body covered in light-producing organs, large reddish eyes, and a web of skin connecting the arms.
The vampire squid is the sole surviving member of the order Vampyromorphida
Example sentencesExamples
Chemosynthetic archaea that cluster around geothermal vents, ghostly pale crabs, red-lipped tube worms; viperfish, bioluminescent anglerfish, basket stars, vampire squid.
The vampire squid, however, is not a blood-thirsty predator as its name suggests.
Thin skin connects the vampire squid's tentacles.
In the Monterey Submarine Canyon at depths of 2,100 feet (645 meters) and more, is a cold, dark world inhabited by strange creatures including vampire squid and football fish.
The bay is home to squids including the giant squid, the seven-arm octopus (the largest in the world) and the bizarre vampire squid.