squid

Definitions

General English

• noun a sea animal with eight long arms or tentacles, smaller than an octopus

Food

• A widely distributed member of the cephalopod group of molluscs, genus Loligo, varying from small to over 60 cm in length with a torpedo-shaped body, eight arms and two long tentacles growing from around the central mouth parts at the rear of the body. It is semi-transparent with a reddish spot but can change colour and is opaque when cooked. May be cooked in any way. It has an inner shell.

Slang

• noun a swot. A high school and campus term, perhaps suggesting oiliness or the emission of quantities of ink.

Travel

• noun a sea animal like a small octopus

Electronics

• acronym forsuperconducting quantum interference device
  (written as SQUID)
• An instrument which incorporates one or more Josephson junctions to for the detection of extremely weak fields, currents, or voltages. Such an instrument can be used, for instance, to monitor changes in the electromagnetic field generated by a human body. Its acronym is SQUID.

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Contexts for “squid”

6 definitions in context
• General English
• Food
• Slang
• Travel
• Electronics