squid

[origin uncertain]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a cephalopod of the genus Loligo; cuttlefish.

Quotations

1578

. . . and [there is] another . . . called the Squid. . . .

1622

The other followes the Capling, which is a fish like the Smelt: And the third followes the Squid, which is a fish something like the Cuddell.

1954

The squid is a species of cuttle-fish about ten inches long which is used as bait for larger fish.

1958

[We were] waiting for the first squid to strike our jiggers.