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squidling

squidling noun: a small or young squid.

Noun

squidling (plural squidlings)

  1. A small or young squid.
    • 'I had this idea 'Why, when you use the word "idea" do I suddenly feel like a squidling in a piranha pool?'2005, Celeste Walters, Deception, page 313
    • Ryan blinked and looked at the squidling. It flew up using its tentacles and drifted down onto Ryan's snout. It waved around a tentacle and formed a bubble that drifted away.2010, A. J. Traxler, Echoes of the Shadows

Forms of squidling

pluralsquidlings

Origin of squidling

From squid + -ling.

Questions about squidling

What does squidling mean?
Squidling means a small or young squid.
What part of speech is squidling?
Squidling is a noun.
What is the plural of squidling?
The plural of squidling is squidlings.

Words near squidling in the dictionary

  1. Squidgygate
  2. squidless
  3. squidlet
  4. squidlets
  5. squidlike
  6. squidling
  7. squidlings
  8. squidpop
  9. squidpops
  10. squids
  11. squier

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