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Definition of Squid

1. Noun. (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food.

2. Noun. Widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins.

Definition of Squid

1. n. Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See Calamary, Decacerata, Dibranchiata.

Definition of Squid

1. to fish for squid (ten-armed marine mollusks) [v SQUIDDED, SQUIDDING, SQUIDS]

Medical Definition of Squid

1. 1. Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See Calamary, Decacerata, Dibranchiata. Some of these squids are very abundant on the Atlantic coast of North America, and are used in large quantities for bait, especially in the cod fishery. The most abundant of the American squids are the northern squid (Ommastrephes illecebrosus), ranging from Southern new England to Newfoundland, and the southern squid (Loligo Pealii), ranging from Virginia to Massachusetts. 2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid. Flying squid, Giant squid. The striped bass. Origin: Cf. Squirt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squid

squelchers squelches squelchier squelchiest squelching squelchy squelch circuit squeteague squeteague squib

squib squibbed squibbing squibs squid (current term) squid (current term) squidded squidding squidge squidged

squidges squidgier squidging squidgy squids squidulin squid giant axon squier squiers squiff

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