Ink Squirting Creature Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food • widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
	39%	11		Marine mollusks known for their ink-squirting defense mechanism
	noun • octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus
	39%	9		Ink-squirting marine animal
	noun • medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific • bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles • extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned

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New York Times17 Oct 2017	Across 35
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