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SQUID
(skwĭd)n.
A device that measures minute changes in magnetic flux by means of one or more Josephson junctions, often used to detect extremely small changes in magnetic fields, electric currents, and voltages.
[s(uperconducting) qu(antum) i(nterference) d(evice).]
squid
(skwĭd)n. pl. squids or squid
Any of various marine cephalopod mollusks of several families of the superorder Decapodiformes (or Decabrachia), having a usually elongated body, eight arms and two tentacles, a reduced or absent internal shell, and a pair of fins.
[Origin unknown.]
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squid
(skwɪd)n, pl squid or squids
(Animals) 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
vb, squids, squidding or squidded
(Aeronautics) (intr) (of a parachute) to assume an elongated squidlike shape owing to excess air pressure
[C17: of unknown origin]
squid
(skwɪd)n
(Currencies) slang Brit a pound sterling
[C20: rhyming slang for quid]
SQUID
abbreviation for
(Nuclear Physics) superconducting quantum interference device
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squid
(skwɪd)n., pl. (esp. collectively) squid, (esp. for kinds or species) squids.
any 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).
[1605–15; orig. uncertain]
SQUID
(skwɪd)n.
superconducting quantum interference device: a device that senses minute changes in magnetic fields, used to indicate neural activity in the brain.
[1965–70]
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squid
Past participle: squidded
Gerund: squidding
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| Noun | 1. |  squid - (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as foodcookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" squid - widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc 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 |
| 2. | squid - widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins decapod - cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones 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) |
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Translations
حَبَّارحَبّار: حَيَوان رخوي
oliheňkrakatice
tiarmet blæksprutte
kalmaar
سرپاور دمکل
mustekala
lignja
tintahal
smokkfiskur
イカ
오징어
loligo
galvakojaigalvakojiskalmarai
galvkājis
kałamarnicakalmar
calmar
krak
bläckfisk
ปลาหมึก
kalamarmürekkep balığı
mực ống
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squid
n → Tintenfisch m
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squid
(skwid) – plurals squid ~squids – noun a type of sea creature with ten tentacles.
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squid
→ حَبَّار oliheň tiarmet blæksprutte Tintenfisch καλαμάρι calamar mustekala calmar lignja calamaro イカ 오징어 pijlinktvis tiarmet blekksprut kałamarnica lula кальмар bläckfisk ปลาหมึก kalamar mực ống 鱿鱼Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009