SQUID

squid

(noun) widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins

squid, calamari, calamary

(noun) (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

squid (plural squids or squid)

Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles

A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.

(US, military, slang, mildly, pejorative) A sailor in the Navy.

(UK, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.

Verb

squid (third-person singular simple present squids, present participle squidding, simple past and past participle squidded)

(angling) To fish with the kind of hook called a squid.

(parachuting) To cause squidding (an improper, partial, parachute inflation, that results in the sides of the parachute folding in on the center, and pulsating back and forth).

Etymology 2

Noun

squid (plural squids)

(slang, motorcycling, pejorative) A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.

Anagrams

• Qudsi, quids

Noun

SQUID (plural SQUIDs)

Acronym of superconducting quantum interference device, a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields.

Anagrams

• Qudsi, quids

Source: Wiktionary

Squid, n. Etym: [Cf. Squirt.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Note: 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.

2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid. Flying squid, Giant squid. (Zoöl.) See under Flying, and Giant.

– Squid hound (Zoöl.), the striped bass.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition