(复同单, 或squids)
1- an elongated, fast-swimming cephalopod mollusc with eight arms and two long tentacles, typically able to change colour枪乌贼, 柔鱼, 鱿鱼。
1.1
- Order Teuthoidea and Vampyromorpha, class Cephalopoda, in particular the common genus Loligo.枪形目和幽灵鞘目, 头足纲, 尤指普通的枪乌贼属。参见GIANT SQUID.
1.2
- mass noun this mollusc used as food（食用的）枪乌贼, 柔鱼, 鱿鱼。
1.3
- an artificial bait for fish imitating a squid in form乌贼状人造鱼饵。
词源
late 16th cent.: of unknown origin.