Architeuthis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Architeuthis \Ar`chi*teu"this\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pref. ? + ?, ?,
     a kind of squid.] (Zool.)
     A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found
     esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  architeuthis
       n : largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long)
           [syn: {giant squid}]