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squid

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squid  \Squid\,  n.  [Cf.  {Squirt}.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  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}.  (Zo["o]l.)  See  under  {Flying}, 
  and  {Giant}. 
 
  {Squid  hound}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  striped  bass. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  squid 
  n  1:  (Italian  cookery)  squid  prepared  as  food  [syn:  {calamari},  {calamary}] 
  2:  widely  distributed  fast-moving  ten-armed  cephalopod  mollusk 
  having  a  long  tapered  body  with  triangular  tail  fins




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