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squid

About 1.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles.
  2. noun A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
  3. noun A sailor in the Navy.
  4. noun A quid; one pound sterling.
    Can you lend me five squid? I feel like a bacon sarnie.
  5. noun A vampire squid.
  6. verb To fish with a squid fishhook.
  7. verb To cause squidding (an improper, partial, parachute inflation, that results in the sides of the parachute folding in on the center, and pulsating back and forth).
  8. noun A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.

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Word family

SQUID SQUIDs squidded squidding squids

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