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Definition of Flying squid

Flying squid
Squid Squid, n. [Cf. Squirt.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) See under Flying, and Giant. Squid hound (Zo["o]l.), the striped bass.

Meaning of Flying squid from wikipedia

- squid (Dosidicus gigas), also known as jumbo squid or jumbo flying squid (EN), and Pota in Peru or Jibia in Chile (ES), is a large, predatory squid living...
- The ****anese flying squid, ****anese common squid or Pacific flying squid, scientific name Todarodes pacificus, is a squid of the family Ommastrephidae...
- The European flying squid (Todarodes sagittatus) is a species of squid from the continental slope and oceanic waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and...
- The neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii), sometimes called the red flying squid, akaika, and red squid is a species of large flying squid in the family...
- common name of "flying squid". The ommastrephids are small to large squids, with mantle lengths ranging from that of the gl**** squid (Hyaloteuthis pelagica)...
- A squid (pl.: squid) is a mollusc with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight arms, and two tentacles in the superorder Decapodiformes, though many...
- The Angolan flying squid (Todarodes angolensis) is a species of squid from the subfamily Todarodinae, part of the family Ommastrephidae. Due to taxonomic...
- Antarctic flying squid (Todarodes filippovae) is a species of squid from the subfamily Todarodinae of the family Ommastrephidae, a family of pelagic squid from...
- flying squid (Todarodes pusillus) is a species of squid, one of the arrow squids of the genus Todarodes, in the subfamily Todarodinae of the flying squid...
- discovered in South America Flying squid. Several oceanic squids of the family Ommastrephidae, such as the Pacific flying squid, will leap out of the water...