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Colossal Squid photos
First in-depth of the sea giant found off the coast of Antarctica.
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squid

  [skwid] ,
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) squid, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) squids.
any of several ten-armed cephalopods, as of the genera Loligo and Ommastrephes, having a slender body and a pair of rounded or triangular caudal fins and varying in length from 4–6 in. (10–15 cm) to 60–80 ft. (18–24 m).
Origin:
1605–15; orig. uncert.
Colossal Squid photos
First in-depth of the sea giant found off the coast of Antarctica.
NationalGeographic.com

SQUID

  [skwid]
–noun
superconducting quantum interference device: a device that senses minute changes in magnetic fields, used to indicate neural activity in the brain.
Origin:
1965–70
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squid   (skwĭd)   
n.   pl. squids or squid
Any of various marine cephalopod mollusks of the genus Loligo and related genera, having a usually elongated body, ten arms surrounding the mouth, a vestigial internal shell, and a pair of triangular or rounded fins.

[Origin unknown.]
SQUID   (skwĭd)   
n.  A device that measures minute changes in magnetic flux by means of a pair of Josephson junctions, often used to detect extremely small changes in magnetic fields, electric currents, and voltages.

[s(uperconducting) qu(antum) i(nterference) d(evice).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
squid [skʍɪd]

  1. n.
    an earnest student; a collegiate wimp. (Collegiate. Refers to sliminess.) : This whole campus is populated by squids and nerds.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

squid 
marine mollusk, 1613, of unknown origin; perhaps a sailors' variant of squirt, so called for the "ink" it squirts out.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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