单词 | rock squid |
释义 | > as lemmasrock squid rock squid n. now rare any of various kinds of squid or (esp.) cuttlefish. ΚΠ 1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 68 It was that species of sepia, which is called by whalers ‘rock-squid’. 1874 C. Nordhoff Life on Ocean ii. xiv. 168 With..the liquor obtained from the cuttle fish, or rock squid, as it is called by sailors, my friend was covered from head to foot with a solid mass of fanciful figures. 1912 H. W. L. Way Round World for Gold vi. 78 Among these little islands were several rock squids, with horrible looking arms and suckers, three to four feet long. < as lemmas |
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