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What is the noun for squid?

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squid
  1. Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
  2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
  3. (pejorative) A sailor in the Navy.
  4. (humorous) A quid; one pound sterling.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “I ordered a plate of fried calamari with a side of marinara sauce, savoring every tender bite of squid.”
      “Crackling crisp squid is surrounded by the unexpected zip of ginger, cashews, and papaya.”
      “Last week, about 1,500 jumbo squid washed up dead on the shores of Orange County in California.”
SQUID
  1. Acronym of superconducting quantum interference device, a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Staring into the seemingly deep and empty abyss some imagine enormous sharks or the legendary giant squid.”
      “Web browsers can then use the local Squid cache server as a proxy HTTP server, reducing access time as well as bandwidth consumption.”
      “Scientists believe the squid live at depths of 660 to 2,300 feet during the day.”
squid
  1. (pejorative) A motorcyclist characterized by lack of riding gear, reckless/careless/unsafe riding, especially of sport bikers.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I ordered a plate of fried calamari with a side of marinara sauce, savoring every tender bite of squid.”
      “Crackling crisp squid is surrounded by the unexpected zip of ginger, cashews, and papaya.”
      “Last week, about 1,500 jumbo squid washed up dead on the shores of Orange County in California.”
squidling
  1. A small or young squid.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Ryan blinked and looked at the squidling. It flew up using its tentacles and drifted down onto Ryan's snout. It waved around a tentacle and formed a bubble that drifted away.”
squidder
  1. Someone who fishes for squid.
squiddy
  1. (childish) A squid.
squidlings
  1. plural of squidling
squidders
  1. plural of squidder
squiddies
  1. plural of squiddy
squids
  1. plural of squid
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Preliminary results show wreckfish consumed predominantly squids and teleost fishes, while both Beryx species consumed mainly squid and shrimps.”
      “It's been pretty well established that some squids use bioluminescence to communicate.”
      “The main aquatics exportation from the country includes spitchcocks, frozen fish slices, shell-off frozen shrimps, squids, kelps and lavers.”
SQUIDs
  1. plural of SQUID
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