What does flying squid mean?

flying squid

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Frequency: 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: fly-ing squid
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noun

Any of various species of the family Ommastrephidae with the ability to glide in air above the water.

Example Sentences

"The Flying Fish or Cuttle Fish (Loligo Sp.)—Many different kinds of Loligo are called by sailors Flying Squid, from a habit they have of leaping from the water, and proceeding through the air to some distance in a horizontal direction, like flying fish."
"Among the five different gillnet mesh sizes used by the Korean gillnet fishery, the 86 and 105 mm mesh were most commonly used for targeting on neon flying squid, Ommastrephes bartrami (Lesueur), in the North Pacific."
"For flying squid, designated observers will measure the mantle lengths of 30 flying squid randomly sampled from a single observed section each day."

Inflected Forms

flying squids (plural)

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Angola flying squid Antarctic flying squid European flying squid glassy flying squid Gould's flying squid Hawaiian flying squid Japanese flying squid jumbo flying squid

Frequently Paired Words

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