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noun a cephalopod, belonging to the genus loligo and related genera. there are many species. they have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. in america they are called squids. ·see squid.