giant squid
noun
: any of a genus (Architeuthis) of extremely large squids that may attain a length of 60 feet (18 meters) and include the largest mollusks known
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Dyer concludes by stating that giant squids don’t feed at the surface, where they’re found only if sick or dying of suffocation.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 3 Apr. 2026
The first of the drug’s six phases, for example, involves our heroes being swallowed by a giant squid and forced to entertain the unamused human baby in its belly.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
This stunningly beautiful scientific film features footage of the elusive giant squid in its natural habitat, and the earliest images of deep-sea bioluminescence.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Jamieson expects other Antarctic sharks may live at similar depths, feeding on carcasses of whales, giant squids and other marine animals that sink to the seafloor.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 3 Apr. 2026
The first of the drug’s six phases, for example, involves our heroes being swallowed by a giant squid and forced to entertain the unamused human baby in its belly.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
This stunningly beautiful scientific film features footage of the elusive giant squid in its natural habitat, and the earliest images of deep-sea bioluminescence.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Jamieson expects other Antarctic sharks may live at similar depths, feeding on carcasses of whales, giant squids and other marine animals that sink to the seafloor.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026
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