Octopus vs. Squid

Octopusnoun

Any of several marine molluscs/mollusks, of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid or cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.

Octopusnoun

(uncountable) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.

Octopusnoun

An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.

Octopusnoun

A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish.

Octopusnoun

Any member of the genus Octopus.

Octopusnoun

Something resembling an octopus in having numerous controlling arms or branches that reach widely and influence many activities; - used mostly of organizations, such as diversified corporations.

Octopusnoun

tentacles of octopus prepared as food

Octopusnoun

bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles

Octopus

Octopus (pl. octopuses, see below for variants) are soft-bodied, eight-limbed molluscs of the order Octopoda (, ok-TOP-ə-də).

Squidnoun

Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles

Squidnoun

A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.

Squidnoun

A sailor in the Navy.

Squidnoun

A quid; one pound sterling.

Squidnoun

A motorcyclist characterized by lack of riding gear, reckless/careless/unsafe riding, especially of sport bikers.

Squidverb

(parachuting) To cause squidding. An improper, partial, parachute inflation, that results in the sides of the parachute folding in on the center, and pulsating back and forth.

Squidnoun

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.

Squidnoun

A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.

Squidnoun

(Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food

Squidnoun

widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins

Squid

Squid are cephalopods in the superorder Decapodiformes with elongated bodies, large eyes, eight arms and two tentacles. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, and a mantle.