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Octopus Defense Crossword Clue

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noun

• a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing

• dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods

verb

• append one's signature to

• mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink

• fill with ink

36%7 Can squirt ink as a defense mechanism
noun

• tentacles of octopus prepared as food

• bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles

35%3 Ink ___: octopus defense
noun

• a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay

• an enclosed space

• a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule

• a structure resembling a bag in an animal

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New York Times06 Jun 1979 Across 67
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