Yes, 'squid' is a noun. It refers to a marine animal with a soft elongated body, eight arms, and typically two tentacles.
The squid quickly darted away when it sensed danger approaching.
The Squid shellfish in Cantonese is called ong choy.
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I ordered a delicious squid stir-fry for dinner at the new seafood restaurant in town.
The word squid is usually used as singular or plural, examples: Singular: A squid was caught on my line. Plural: The restaurant had a tank of live squid on display. That being said, some people do squids as the plural form.
The noun 'squid' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a type of sea creature; a word for a thing.
There is no standard collective noun for colossal squid. There is little known about this creature, even the fact that they may form groups.The colossal squid must mate to reproduce so the appropriate collective noun may be a pair of colossal squid.
When squid gather in a group, they usually exhibit "shoaling" behavior, which is similar to "schooling" except not uni-directional. So you can call them "a shoal of squid".But obviously a squad of squid would be more fun. So use that instead. Since collective nouns are an informal part of language, if enough people use it, it becomes the standard.
The Humboldt squid and the Giant Squid are two separate species
The squid is called a firefly squid.
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The biggest squid in the world is the colossal squid.
The Giant Squid is a cousin of the Squid.
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Most are fairly common like the Common squid, but the giant squid and the colossal squid are rare.
The squid's ink amount depends on the size of the squid. The ink is used to confuse and paralyze the squid's attacker so that the squid can escape.