squid
pronunciation
How to pronounce squid in British English:
UK [skwɪd]
How to pronounce squid in American English:
US [skwɪd]
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- Noun:
- (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
- widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
Word Origin
- squid (n.)
- marine mollusk, cuttlefish, 1610s, of unknown origin; perhaps a sailors' variant of squirt, so called for the "ink" it squirts out.
Example
- 1. The findings may have implications beyond squid biology .
- 2. Forward credits could be useful in the squid business .
- 3. The discovery also reveals how male squid compete for female mating partners .
- 4. Japanese scientists got the first images of a giant squid in its natural environment .
- 5. A female sperm whale feeds on a giant squid off the japanese islands of ogasawara .