blue-ringed octopus

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any octopus of the genus Hapalochlaena, with distinctive blue rings, that carry the highly poisonous venom tetrodotoxin (TTX).
    — In terms of diversity, cephalopods include the egg case making argonauts, shelled nautiluses, venomous blue-ringed octopuses and enigmatic giants like the giant and colossal squid. […] The blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known.

词形变化

blue-ringed octopuses plural blue-ringed octopusses nonstandard,plural blue-ringed octopi nonstandard,plural blue-ringed octopii nonstandard,plural blue-ringed octopodes plural,rare blue-ringed octopus nonstandard,plural,rare

词源

From blue + ringed + octopus.
From being an octopus with very prominent bright blue rings all over its body.
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