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Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *amiku- (“cuttlefish”), from Proto-Eskimo *amiku- (“octopus, cuttlefish”).
Pronunciation
Noun
amikoq (plural amikut)
- squid
2012, J. Nielsen, Suluk (Air Greenland), page 14:Uumasut sølvøksiunngitsut allat aamma qaamaneq takulliinaveersaarutitut atortarpaat. Assersuutigalugu amikoq qulinik talilik »bobtailsquid«, immap naqqani toqqorsimasartoq bakteerissanik immikkut qaamaniliortartunik sanaatigaluni.- Animals other than marine hatchetfishes can also use light as camouflage. For example, the squid 'bobtail squid', which hides on the seabed while cultivating special light-producing bacteria.
- octopus
- cuttlefish
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