squids

Variant of squid

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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