Creature That Might Squirt Ink And Use Tools Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	99%	7		Exact Match!
	noun • tentacles of octopus prepared as food • bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
	85%	6		Squirt-squirt-squirt-squirt
	noun • a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water) verb • eject (a liquid) quickly • cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it
	40%	6		Can squirt ink as a defense mechanism
	noun • ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell

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