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Squid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Squid has 2 senses
- squid(n = noun.food) calamari, calamary - (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food; Array is a part of squid
- squid(n = noun.animal) Array - widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins; Array is a kind of decapod
is a kind of seafood
has particulars: loligo, ommastrephes, architeuthis, giant squid
has parts: calamari, calamary, squid
CIDE DICTIONARY
Squid, n. [Cf. Squirt.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]" 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." [1913 Webster] - A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Squid, n. & v.
--n.
1 any of various ten-armed cephalopods, esp. of the genus Loligo, used as bait or food.
2 artificial bait for fish imitating a squid in form.
--v.intr. (squidded, squidding) fish with squid as bait.
--n.
1 any of various ten-armed cephalopods, esp. of the genus Loligo, used as bait or food.
2 artificial bait for fish imitating a squid in form.
--v.intr. (squidded, squidding) fish with squid as bait.
Etymology
17th c.: orig. unkn.
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