A squid is a sea creature with a long soft body and many soft arms called tentacles.
Squid is pieces of this creature eaten as food.
Add the prawns and squid and cook for 2 minutes.
squid in British English1
(skwɪd)
nounWord forms: pluralsquid or squids
1.
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
verbWord forms: squids, squidding or squidded
2. (intransitive)
(of a parachute) to assume an elongated squidlike shape owing to excess air pressure
Word origin
C17: of unknown origin
squid in British English2
(skwɪd)
noun
British slang
a pound sterling
Word origin
C20: rhyming slang for quid
SQUID in British English
abbreviation for
superconducting quantum interference device
SQUID in American English
(skwɪd)
noun
an electronic device for detecting and measuring very weak magnetic fields and currents, esp. the minute ones in and around the brain and heart
any of a number of long, slender, carnivorous cephalopod sea mollusks (esp. order Teuthoidea) having eight arms and two long tentacles: small squid are used as food and for fish bait
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈsquidded or ˈsquidding US
2.
to take on an elongated squidlike shape due to strong air pressure