I had climbed to the rock above the crevice and was standing still as the night about me for the moment when a grip like steel suddenly closed on my neck and an arm like the tentacle of a devilfish slid round my waist.
They ain't no bloodhound on your track, but a ugly octopus of a devilfish is gittin' its arms out after you.
It had a picture that portrayed the devilfish in question.
It can't be denied that some species of squid and other devilfish are quite large, though still smaller than cetaceans.
Ten or twelve devilfish had overrun the Nautilus's platform and sides.
The museums in Trieste and Montpellier have preserved somedevilfish carcasses measuring two meters.
I'd like to come face to face with one of thosedevilfish I've heard so much about, which can drag ships down into the depths.
Accordingly, people have proposed naming this devilfish Bouguer's Squid.
The devilfish is merely a mollusk, and even this name hints at its semiliquid flesh, because it's Latin meaning soft one.
The devilfish doesn't belong to the vertebrate branch, and even if it were 500 feet long, it would still be utterly harmless to ships like the Scotia or the Abraham Lincoln.
Even so, Captain Nemo rushed at the devilfish and with a sweep of the ax hewed one more of its arms.
For an instant I thought the poor man entwined by the devilfish might be torn loose from its powerful suction.
Moreover, Captain Nemo's reclusiveness, his changed disposition, and especially his total silence since the battle with the devilfish all made me see things in a different light.
People not only claimed these devilfish could drag ships under, but a certain Olaus Magnus tells of a cephalopod a mile long that looked more like an island than an animal.
The monster devilfish inhabit caves in the rugged, mountainous regions of the ocean," resumed the Princess, "and they are evil spirits who delight in injuring all who meet them.
Devils of any sort ought to be give a wide berth, an' devilfish is worser ner sea serpents.
With these, it was possible to attack the devilfishwithout coming within reach of its tentacles.
Arms seem to grow on devilfish 'while you wait' as the feller said.
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