squid
Pronunciation: /skwɪd/
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verb
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Definition of squid
noun ( plural same or squids)
- an elongated, fast-swimming cephalopod mollusc with eight arms and two long tentacles, typically able to change colour.
- Order Teuthoidea and Vampyromorpha, class Cephalopoda, in particular the common genus Loligo. See also giant squid
verb ( squids, squidding, squidded)
Origin:
late 16th century: of unknown origin