English-Thai Dictionary

squid

N ปลาหมึก  cuttlefish pla-muek

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SQUID

Squid, n. Etym: [Cf. Squirt. ]

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See Calamary, Decacerata, Dibranchiata.

 

Note: Some of these squids are very abundant on the Atlantic coast of North America, and are used in large quantities for bait, especially in the cod fishery. The most abundant of the American squids are the northern squid (Ommastrephes illecebrosus ), ranging from Southern New England to Newfoundland, and the southern squid (Loligo Pealii ), ranging from Virginia to Massachusetts.

 

2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid. Flying squid, Giant squid. (Zoöl.) See under Flying, and Giant. -- Squid hound (Zoöl.), the striped bass.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

SQUID

SQUID |skwid skwɪd | ▶noun Physics a device used in particular in sensitive magnetometers, which consists of a superconducting ring containing one or more Josephson junctions. A change by one flux quantum in the ring's magnetic flux linkage produces a sharp change in its impedance. ORIGIN 1960s: acronym from superconducting quantum interference device .

 

squid

squid |skwid skwɪd | ▶noun ( pl. same or squids ) an elongated, fast-swimming cephalopod mollusk with ten arms (technically, eight arms and two long tentacles ), typically able to change color. [Order Teuthoidea and Vampyromorpha, class Cephalopoda, in particular the common genus Loligo. See also giant squid . ] • this mollusk used as food. • an artificial bait for fish imitating a squid in form. ▶verb ( squids, squidding, squidded ) [ no obj. ] fish using squid as bait. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

squidge

squidge |skwɪdʒ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] informal squash or crush. • [ no obj. ] make a squelching noise. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: perhaps imitative.

 

squidgy

squidgy |ˈskwɪdʒi | ▶adjective ( squidgier, squidgiest ) informal, chiefly Brit. soft, spongy, and moist: a squidgy cream cake.

 

Oxford Dictionary

SQUID

SQUID |skwɪd | ▶noun Physics a device used in particular in sensitive magnetometers, which consists of a superconducting ring containing one or more Josephson junctions. A change by one flux quantum in the ring's magnetic flux linkage produces a sharp change in its impedance. ORIGIN 1960s: acronym from superconducting quantum interference device .

 

squid

squid |skwɪd | ▶noun ( pl. same or squids ) an elongated, fast-swimming cephalopod mollusc with eight arms and two long tentacles, typically able to change colour. ●Order Teuthoidea and Vampyromorpha, class Cephalopoda, in particular the common genus Loligo. See also giant squid . • [ mass noun ] the squid used as food. • an artificial bait for fish imitating a squid in form. ▶verb ( squids, squidding, squidded ) [ no obj. ] fish using squid as bait. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

squidge

squidge |skwɪdʒ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] informal squash or crush. • [ no obj. ] make a squelching noise. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: perhaps imitative.

 

squidgy

squidgy |ˈskwɪdʒi | ▶adjective ( squidgier, squidgiest ) informal, chiefly Brit. soft, spongy, and moist: a squidgy cream cake.

 

Sanseido Dictionary

SQUID

SQUID スキッド 〖 superconducting quantum interference device 〗超伝導量子干渉計 。ジョセフソン効果を利用した非常に高感度の磁束検出計 。心臓から発生する磁束の検出などに利用される 。

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

squid

squid /skwɪd /名詞 複 ～, ～s C 〘動 〙イカ 〘ヤリイカ スルメイカなど; 甲を持つコウイカ類とは異なる; →cuttlefish 〙; U イカの身 ▸ dried squid スルメ

 

squidgy

squidg y /skwɪ́dʒi /形容詞 ｟英 くだけて ｠柔らかくつぶれやすい ; 柔らかく湿り気のある .