plural squid or squids
: any of an order (Teuthoidea) of cephalopods having eight short arms and two usually longer tentacles, a long tapered body, a caudal fin on each side, and usually a slender internal chitinous support
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
Drinks are both intelligent and fun, served in funky vessels like cactus mugs or coupes with glass squid tentacles for stems.
—Virginia Miller, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026
John Mariani, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The Korean barbecue restaurant, which received a yellow placard, had several foods outside of proper holding temperatures — including raw pork, shrimp and squid.
—Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Noun
There was salt-and-pepper squid that split the difference between a Cantonese seafood palace and the state legislature, where calamari was proclaimed Rhode Island’s official appetizer in 2014.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
Drinks are both intelligent and fun, served in funky vessels like cactus mugs or coupes with glass squid tentacles for stems.
—Virginia Miller, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026
Noun
Tender Rhode Island squid rings came with sunchokes and Spanish gordal olives.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The Korean barbecue restaurant, which received a yellow placard, had several foods outside of proper holding temperatures — including raw pork, shrimp and squid.
—Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Squid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squid. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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