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squid

UK/skwɪd/ US/ˈskwɪd/ fairly common slang uk us

noun

2.

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

Origin

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

Phrases

  • arctic squid
  • Argentine shortfin squid
  • arrow squid
  • Atlantic brief squid
  • Atlantic squid
  • banded piglet squid
  • bigfin reef squid
  • bigfin squid

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