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flying squids

flying squids is the plural of flying squid.

Meaning of flying squid

Noun

flying squid (plural flying squid or flying squids)

  1. Any of various species of the family Ommastrephidae with the ability to glide in air above the water.
    • The Flying Fish or Cuttle Fish (Loligo Sp.)—Many different kinds of Loligo are called by sailors Flying Squid, from a habit they have of leaping from the water, and proceeding through the air to some distance in a horizontal direction, like flying fish.1840, The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Volume 22, page 194

Questions about flying squids

What is flying squids the plural of?
Flying squids is the plural of flying squid.

Words near flying squids in the dictionary

  1. flying sport
  2. flying sports
  3. flying squad
  4. flying squads
  5. flying squid
  6. flying squids
  7. flying squirrel
  8. flying squirrels
  9. flying start
  10. flying starts
  11. flying stationer

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