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    SQUID

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: squidded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, squidding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as foodplay

    Synonyms:

    calamari; calamary; squid

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    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)

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