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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 | ||||
| 38% | 12 | The Kraken, for example | ||
noun • largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long) | ||||
| 38% | 8 | Kraken's gripping organ | ||
noun • something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold • any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion | ||||
Likely Inspiration For The Mythical Kraken
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SQUID which was last seen in the New York Times Mini crossword.
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Updated: August 20, 2025
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