English words for 'plural of vampire squid'
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- (inexact) A vampire squid.
- (US, military, slang, mildly derogatory) A sailor in the Navy.
- (UK, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
- A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
- (slang, motorcycling, derogatory) A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.
- A South Korean children's game where players, divided into offense and defense, compete on a squid-shaped field; the offensive team tries to reach a designated area, and the defensive team attempts to block them.
- Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
- widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
- (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
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- Any of other large squid of other families, about which less is known.
- (informal) Synonym of Kraken (Norse sea monster)
- Any of the very large squid, of the genus Architeuthis (family Architeuthidae), that live at great depths, and of which little is known.
- (informal) Synonym of Cthulhu (Lovecraftian horror monster)
- largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long)
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- Synonym of bigfin squid (“Any member of the genus Magnapinna of rarely seen squid, characterized by extremely long arms and tentacles, and being the only squid known to inhabit the hadal zone of the ocean.”).
- A species of chiroteuthid squid, Chiroteuthis veranii, having exceptionally long arms, and a total length of 130 cm (51 in).
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- (zoology) The pen of a squid.
- (mechanical engineering) A quill drive, having a hollow shaft with another movable shaft inside it.
- (by extension) Any pen.
- A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube.
- The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
- Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
- (music) The tube of a musical instrument.
- A pen made from a feather.
- (music) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
- A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators.
- any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
- the hollow spine of a feather
- pen made from a bird's feather
- a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
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- To pierce with quills. (Usually in the passive voice, as be quilled or get quilled.)
- (figuratively) To write.
- (US and Canada, especially Appalachia and the Prairies, transitive) To subject (a woman who is giving birth) to the practice of quilling (blowing pepper into her nose to induce or hasten labor).
- To decorate with quillwork.
- To form fabric into small, rounded folds.
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- A bobtail squid.
- An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.
- (poker, often attributive) An open-ended straight or four flush.
- (agriculture) A tractor which performs without its trailer.
- A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
- The tractor unit of a semi-truck without a trailer.
- A bobtail skink.
- A short, or deliberately shortened tail.
- large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain
- a short or shortened tail of certain animals
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- (inexact) A vampire squid.
- (US, military, slang, mildly derogatory) A sailor in the Navy.
- (UK, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
- A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
- (slang, motorcycling, derogatory) A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.
- A South Korean children's game where players, divided into offense and defense, compete on a squid-shaped field; the offensive team tries to reach a designated area, and the defensive team attempts to block them.
- Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
- widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
- (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
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- Any of other large squid of other families, about which less is known.
- (informal) Synonym of Kraken (Norse sea monster)
- Any of the very large squid, of the genus Architeuthis (family Architeuthidae), that live at great depths, and of which little is known.
- (informal) Synonym of Cthulhu (Lovecraftian horror monster)
- largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long)
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- Synonym of bigfin squid (“Any member of the genus Magnapinna of rarely seen squid, characterized by extremely long arms and tentacles, and being the only squid known to inhabit the hadal zone of the ocean.”).
- A species of chiroteuthid squid, Chiroteuthis veranii, having exceptionally long arms, and a total length of 130 cm (51 in).
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- (zoology) The pen of a squid.
- (mechanical engineering) A quill drive, having a hollow shaft with another movable shaft inside it.
- (by extension) Any pen.
- A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube.
- The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
- Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
- (music) The tube of a musical instrument.
- A pen made from a feather.
- (music) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
- A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators.
- any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
- the hollow spine of a feather
- pen made from a bird's feather
- a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
verb
- To pierce with quills. (Usually in the passive voice, as be quilled or get quilled.)
- (figuratively) To write.
- (US and Canada, especially Appalachia and the Prairies, transitive) To subject (a woman who is giving birth) to the practice of quilling (blowing pepper into her nose to induce or hasten labor).
- To decorate with quillwork.
- To form fabric into small, rounded folds.
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- A bobtail squid.
- An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.
- (poker, often attributive) An open-ended straight or four flush.
- (agriculture) A tractor which performs without its trailer.
- A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
- The tractor unit of a semi-truck without a trailer.
- A bobtail skink.
- A short, or deliberately shortened tail.
- large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain
- a short or shortened tail of certain animals
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