squid

pluriel irrégulier

A noun referring to a fast-moving, ten-armed cephalopod mollusk with a long tapered body and triangular tail fins, also commonly prepared as food, especially in Italian cuisine.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un mollusque céphalopode à dix tentacules, au corps allongé et effilé, doté de nageoires triangulaires, capable de se déplacer rapidement, et souvent consommé dans la cuisine, notamment italienne.

1. Squid as food A2 formal culinary

   Squid prepared as a dish, especially in Italian cuisine, often fried or grilled.

   • We ordered fried squid as an appetizer.
   • The restaurant serves grilled squid with lemon and herbs.
   • Squid is a popular ingredient in Mediterranean cooking.

   🇫🇷Calamar en cuisine

   Synonymes: calamari

2. Marine animal B1 formal scientific

   A fast-moving, ten-armed cephalopod mollusk with a long, tapered body and triangular tail fins, found in oceans worldwide.

   • Squid are known for their ability to change color rapidly.
   • The giant squid is one of the largest invertebrates on Earth.
   • Squid use jet propulsion to move quickly through water.

   🇫🇷calmar

• squid plural form
• squids plural form
• squids' possessive plural form
• squid's possessive singular form