squid

squid  (skwd)

n. pl. squids or squid

Any of various marine cephalopod mollusks of the genus Loligo and related genera, having a usually elongated body, ten arms surrounding the mouth, a vestigial internal shell, and a pair of triangular or rounded fins.

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squid

Noun

pl squid or squids a sea creature with ten tentacles and a long soft body [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	squid - (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food calamari, calamary cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" squid - widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
	2.	squid - widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins decapod - cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones loligo - somewhat flattened cylindrical squid ommastrephes - extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins architeuthis, giant squid - largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long) calamari, calamary, squid - (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food

Translations

squid [skwɪd] n → calamar m

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squid [skwɪd] n → calmar m

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squid [skwɪd] n → Tintenfisch m

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squid [skwɪd] n → calamaro