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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024squid /skwɪd/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) squid, (esp. for kinds or species) squids. - Invertebratesa ten-armed sea creature, having a slender body and a pair of rounded or triangular tail fins.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024squid (skwid),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) squid, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) squids. - Invertebratesany of several ten-armed cephalopods, as of the genera Loligo and Ommastrephes, having a slender body and a pair of rounded or triangular caudal fins and varying in length from 4–6 in. (10–15 cm) to 60–80 ft. (18–24 m).
- origin, originally uncertain 1605–15
- Medicine, Psychiatrysuperconducting quantum interference device: a device that senses minute changes in magnetic fields, used to indicate neural activity in the brain.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: squid /skwɪd/ n ( pl squid, squids)- any of various fast-moving pelagic cephalopod molluscs of the genera Loligo, Ommastrephes, etc, of most seas, having a torpedo-shaped body ranging from about 10 centimetres to 16.5 metres long and a pair of triangular tail fins: order Decapoda (decapods)
See also cuttlefish
Etymology: 17th Century: of unknown origin SQUID (skwid),USA pronunciation n. - Medicine, Psychiatrysuperconducting quantum interference device: a device that senses minute changes in magnetic fields, used to indicate neural activity in the brain.
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