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Hapalochlaena
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Translingual
Etymology
mul :af grc:ἁπαλός<t:soft, tender> grc:χλαῖνα<t:cloak, mantle> + +
Proper noun
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genus family Octopodidae blue-ringed octopuses
en mul 2017-08-09 Mark Carnall w:The Guardian Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/09/why-do-cephalopods-produce-ink-and-what-on-earth-is-it-anyway 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230315201642/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/09/why-do-cephalopods-produce-ink-and-what-on-earth-is-it-anyway
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