squid

n. ten-armed cephalopod related to the octopus and cuttlefish (Zoology)

For other uses, see Squid (disambiguation). Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUID) are very sensitive magnetometers used to measure extremely small magnetic fields, based on superconducting loops containing Josephson junctions. They have noise levels as low as 3 fT·Hz−½. For comparison, a typical refrigerator magnet produces 0.01 tesla (10−2 T), and some processes in animals produce very small magnetic fields between 10−9 T to 10−6 T. Recently invented SERF atomic magnetometers are more sensitive but are physically huge and power intensive to operate compared to SQUIDs. For decades SQUID sensors were the only way to measure very small magnetic fields.
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Squid are a large, diverse group of marine cephalopods. Like all cephalopods, squid are distinguished by having a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle, and arms. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight arms and two tentacles arranged in pairs.
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Noun
1. (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
(synonym) calamari, calamary
(hypernym) seafood
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
(classification) Italy, Italian Republic, Italia
2. widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
(hypernym) decapod
(hyponym) loligo
(part-meronym) calamari, calamary

(n.)
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.
  

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

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