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Meaning of blue-ringed octopus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any octopus of the genus Hapalochlaena, with distinctive blue rings, that carry the highly poisonous venom tetrodotoxin (TTX).

Equivalents

Deutsch Blaugeringelter Krake
Français pieuvre à anneaux bleus
Gaeilge ochtapas gormfháinneach
Italiano polpo dagli anelli blu
한국어 파란고리문어
Português polvo-de-anéis-azuis

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

blue-rinse brigade blue-sided leaf frog blue-sky thinking blue-stocking blue-throated goldentail blue-throated sapphire

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