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Webster 1913 Edition

Squid

(skwĭd)

Noun.

[Cf.

(Zool.)

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

☞ 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.

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

Flying squid

Giant squid

(Zool.)

See under

Flying

, and

Giant

–

Squid hound

(Zool.)

the striped bass.

Definition 2024

squid

See also: SQUID

English

European squid Loligo vulgaris

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.
(mildly pejorative) A sailor in the Navy.
(Britain, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
Can you lend me five squid? I feel like a bacon sarnie.

Derived terms

arrow squid
broad squid
colossal squid

giant squid
jumbo squid
squidhound

Translations

sea animal

Ainu: パㇱサンナ ‎(passanna), マシタンペ ‎(masitanpe)
Albanian: kallamar (sq) m
Arabic: حَبَّار (ar) m ‎(ḥabbār)
Armenian: կաղամար (hy) ‎(kałamar)
Azeri: kalmar
Basque: txibia
Belarusian: кальма́р (be) m ‎(kalʹmár)
Bengali: স্কুইড ‎(skuiḑ)
Bulgarian: калма́р m ‎(kalmár)
Burmese: ပြည်ကြီးငါး (my) ‎(pranykri:nga:)
Catalan: calamars m, calamar m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 魷魚, 鱿鱼 ‎(jau⁴ jyu⁴⁻²)

Mandarin: 烏賊 (zh), 乌贼 (zh) ‎(wūzéi), 魷魚 (zh), 鱿鱼 (zh) ‎(yóuyú)

Min Nan: 魷魚, 鱿鱼 ‎(jiû-hî, jiû-hû), 鰇魚 ‎(liû-hîr, jiû-hî, liû-hî, liû-hû)

Wu: 魷魚, 鱿鱼 ‎(hhieu hhngg)
Cornish: stifek m
Czech: krakatice (cs) f
Danish: blæksprutte c
Dutch: inktvis (nl) m
Esperanto: sepio
Estonian: kalmaar
Faroese: høgguslokkur m
Fijian: sulua
Finnish: mustekala (fi)
French: seiche (fr) f (10 arms), pieuvre (fr) f (8 arms), poulpe (fr) f (8 arms), encornet (fr) m, calmar (fr) m
Galician: lura (gl) f
Georgian: მელანთევზი ‎(melantevzi)
German: Kalmar (de) m, Tintenfisch (de) m
Greek: καλαμάρι (el) n ‎(kalamári)
Hawaiian: mūheʻe
Hebrew: דְּיוֹנוּן (he) ‎(dionún)
Hindi: विद्रूप (hi) ‎(vidrūp), स्क्विड ‎(skviḍ)
Hungarian: tintahal (hu)
Icelandic: smokkfiskur (is) m, smokkur (is) m
Ido: kalmaro (io)
Indonesian: cumi-cumi (id), nus (id), ikan sotong
Interlingua: calamar
Italian: calamaro (it) m
Japanese: イカ ‎(ika) (烏賊 (ja) ‎(いか, ika))
Javanese: iwak nus
Kazakh: кальмар ‎(kalʹmar)
Khmer: ត្រីមឹក ‎(dtray meuk)

Korean: 오징어 (ko) ‎(ojing-eo), 오적어 ‎(ojeogeo)
Kyrgyz: кальмар ‎(kalʹmar)
Lao: ຫມຶກ ‎(mưk), ປາອີ່ຮື ‎(pā 'ī hư̄)
Latin: lōlīgō f
Latvian: kalmārs; paskvila
Lithuanian: kalmaras m
Macedonian: лигња f ‎(lígnja)
Malay: sotong
Manx: dyachlym, peie vreinn, squid
Maori: wheke, ngū
Navajo: łóóʼ bigaan neeznání
Norman: cônet m
Norwegian: akkar (no) m
Old English:
Persian: ماهی مرکب (fa) ‎(mâhi-ye markab)
Polish: kalmar (pl) m anim
Portuguese: lula (pt) f
Quechua: samanna
Romanian: calmar (ro) m
Russian: кальма́р (ru) m ‎(kalʹmár)
Samoan:
Sassarese: tòtanu
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ли̏гња f

Roman: lȉgnja (sh) f
Slovak: kalmar m
Slovene: lígenj (sl) m
Spanish: calamar (es) m
Sundanese: cumi-cumi
Swahili: pweza (sw)
Swedish: bläckfisk (sv) c
Tagalog: pusit
Tahitian:
Tajik: калмар ‎(kalmar)
Tamil: கணவாய் (ta) ‎(kaṇavāy)
Thai: ปลาหมึก (th) ‎(bplaa-mʉ̀k)
Tok Pisin: urita
Tongan:
Turkish: mürekkep balığı (tr), kalamar (tr)
Turkmen: kalmar
Ukrainian: кальма́р m ‎(kalʹmár)
Uzbek: kalmar
Vietnamese: mực ống
Waray-Waray: nuós
Welsh: ystifflog m, môr-lawes f, twyllwr du m, pibwr inc m
Yiddish: טינטפֿיש m ‎(tintfish)
Zhuang: byayouzyiz

Etymology 2

Possibly a blend of stupid and quick; "stupid, quick, under-dressed and imminently dead", a claimed origin, is probably a backronym.

Noun

squid ‎(plural squids)

(slang, motorcycling, pejorative) A motorcyclist characterized by lack of riding gear, reckless/careless/unsafe riding, especially of sport bikers.
- "In my mind, a street squid is anyone who races on the street. Period."¹
- "squid: a cocky motorcyclist who darts very aggressively through traffic"²

References

Harrison, Greg. Son of Squid. American Motorcyclist. Vol. 41, No. 8. ISSN 0277-9358. p. 5. Aug 1987
Hough, David L. (2000), Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well (2nd ed.), USA: BowTie Press, p. 253, ISBN 1889540536, 9781889540535, p. 253.

Anagrams

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