THE 
CALAMARY. 
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SEE EEE EEE ES 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Body flefhy, fheathing the breaft, which is furnifhed | 
at its bafe with a tubular opening. 
Arms eight, (and in moft fpecies two pedunculated 
tentacula,) befet with numerous fuckers or 
acetabula. 
Head íhort; Eyes large: Mouth refembling a 
Parrot’s beak. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, Se. 
SEPIA with fubcylindric fubulate body and flattith 
fharp-edged rhomboid tail. 
The CALAMARY or Ink-Fifh. 
The INK-SEPIA or Loligo. 
The Ink CUTTLE-FISH. 
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This fpecies is readily diftinguifhed from the S. 
octopodia or eight-armed Cuttle-Fifh by its more 
elongated form : in fize it is inferior to that animal, 
though fometimes feen of a very confiderable mag- 
nitude. 
