teuthidæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. teuth(is): Lat. 1. Zool.: Calamaries, Squids; a family of Dibranchiate Cephalopods, section Octopod a, Body elon gated; fins short, broad, and mostly terminal; shell horny, consisting of a shaft and two lateral expansions or wings. There are eighteen genera, very widely distributed, which D'Orbigny divided into two sub-families: Myopside (having the eyes covered with skin) and Oigopside (having the eyes naked, fins terminal and united, forming a rhomb). 2. Palæont.: The family appears first in the Lias. teu-thid-i-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. teuthis, gen it. teuthid(is); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Ichthy.: A family of Acanthopterygii Perciformes, with a single genus. [TEUTHIS.] Body oblong, strongly compre ed, covered with small scales; lateral line continuous; one dorsal, the spinous portion being the more developed; anal with seven spines; ventrals thoracic, with an outer and an inner spine, with three soft rays between. teu-this, s . (Lat., from Gr. teuthis = a squid.] Ichthy.: The sole genus of the family Teuthidide (q. v.), with about thirty species from the In do Pacific. They are small herbivorous fishes, rather more than a foot long.