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squid definition

squid (skwid)

noun pl. squids or squid

any of a number of long, slender, carnivorous cephalopod sea mollusks (esp. order Teuthoidea) having eight arms and two long tentacles: small squid are used as food and for fish bait

Etymology: prob. < squit, dial. for squirt

intransitive verb squidded squid′·ded, squidding squid′·ding

  1. to take on an elongated squidlike shape due to strong air pressure: said of a parachute
  2. to fish for squid or with squid as bait
SQUID definition

SQUID (skwid)

noun

an electronic device for detecting and measuring very weak magnetic fields and currents, esp. the minute ones in and around the brain and heart

Etymology: s(uperconducting) qu(antum) i(nterference) d(evice)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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