mực quỷ

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Vietnamese

Etymology

mực (“inkfish → squid”) +‎ quỷ (“devil, demon, fiend”). Partial calque of English vampire squid, as vampire is also translated into Vietnamese as quỷ hút máu (lit. "blood-sucking fiend") besides ma cà rồng.

Despite the name, this cephalopod lacks an ink sac and cannot squirt ink.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) mực quỷ

  1. vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
    • 2020 June 11, Trương Công Hiếu, “Video: Tận mắt xem mực quỷ biến hình bằng cách lộn trái cơ thể [Video: Seeing with one's own eyes the shapeshifting vampire squid turning itself inside out]”, in Người đưa tin‎:
      Mực quỷ sống trong vùng biển tối tăm với độ sâu 600 - 900 m và gần như không thay đổi so với 300 triệu năm trước.
      The vampire squid lives in the dark oceanic depths of 600 to 900 meters and is virtually unchanged compared to 300 million years ago.
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