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SQUID
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Irregular inflected forms: squidded , squidding
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
Classified under:
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 food
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)
