SQUID (squidded, squidding)

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Irregular inflected forms: squidded    , squidding   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does squid mean? 

• SQUID (noun)
  The noun SQUID has 2 senses:

1. (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food

2. widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins

  Familiarity information: SQUID used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

calamari; calamary; squid

Hypernyms ("squid" is a kind of...):

seafood (edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Domain region:

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

Holonyms ("squid" is a part of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("squid" is a kind of...):

decapod (cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones)

Meronyms (parts of "squid"):

calamari; calamary; squid ((Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "squid"):

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))

 Context examples 

Species that can more easily tolerate low oxygen levels, such as jellyfish, some squid and marine microbes, can flourish at the expense of fish, upsetting the balance of ecosystems.

(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The reptile could swim fast, and with its hundreds of cone-shaped teeth, fed on fish and squid.

(Sea Monster Swam Oceans 170 Million Years Ago, Voanews)

The event temporarily pushed the fish and squid on which king penguins depend beyond their foraging range.

(Study: World's Largest King Penguin Colony Declines Sharply, VOA)

As the availability of krill has decreased, gentoo penguins have diversified their diets to include fish and squid along with krill.

(Whaling and climate change lead to 100 years of feast or famine for Antarctic penguins, National Science Foundation)

The site is known for its cache of delicate marine specimens from the Early Jurassic –- such as lobsters and vampire squids with their ink sacs still intact — preserved in slabs of black shale.

(Fossils may need air to form, National Science Foundation)