Definition of squids Squids
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Wiktionary 
- squids (Noun)
Plural of squid.
Part of speech
🔤- squids, noun, plural of squid.
WordNet
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| 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) | ||
| squid - (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food | ||
| calamari, calamary | ||
| seafood edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc | ||
| squid widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins | ||
| 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" | ||
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Wiktionary
- squid (Noun)
Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles. - squid (Noun)
A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid. - squid (Noun)
A sailor in the Navy. - squid (Noun)
A quid; one pound sterling . - squid (Noun)
A motorcyclist characterized by lack of riding gear, reckless/careless/unsafe riding, especially of sport bikers.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- squid (n.)
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. - squid (n.)
A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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squid
Large, diverse group of marine cephalopods. They have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle, and arms.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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squid
skwid, n. a kind of cuttle-fish or calamary: a lure used in trolling for fish.—v.i. to fish with a squid or spoon-bait
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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squid
An animal allied to the cuttle-fish, belonging to the class Cephalopoda; the calamary or Loligo of naturalists.
Wikipedia 
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The squid is an invertebrate animal that lives in the ocean. Squid are hunted by some whales, most notably the Orca Whale. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight arms and two tentacles arranged in pairs.
Characteristics.
Squids have several species, but they have some common characteristics. For instance, all squids have tentacles with suckers, a mouth with a radula, and jet propulsion with the siphon from the mantle. The radulla is a scraping organ in the mouth that scrapes nutrients from food sources. Tentacles are long extensions of specialized tissues from the body that are used for locomotive power and capturing food sources. All squids are carnivores; they eat other animals, not plants.
Family.
Squids belong to Phylum Mollusca, Class Cephalopoda, which is considered to contain some of the most intelligent invertebrate species. Squids have a cephalized structure, which concentrates sensory organs and complex brains into the anterior end, also known as the head. Although the squids and other cephalopods lack exterior shells and other characteristics of mollusks, they have vestiges of the shell.
Giant squids.
Giant squids are large squids of the genus Architeuthis. Giant squids are extremely rare. They have once been part of whaler myth, although in 2006, a fishing expedition from Japan captured and killed a giant squid exceeding lengths of 18 meters.
History.
The largest squid to survive on land is currently being given a pseudonym. This squid currently resides in Mount Erebu
