DCHP-1 Online
squid [origin uncertain] 
n. a cephalopod of the genus Loligo; cuttlefish.
- 1578 (1959) . . . and [there is] another . . . called the Squid. . . .
- 1622 The other followes the Capling, which is a fish like the Smelt: And the third followes the Squid, which is a fish something like the Cuddell.
- 1954 The squid is a species of cuttle-fish about ten inches long which is used as bait for larger fish.
- 1958 [We were] waiting for the first squid to strike our jiggers.
- 1578 (1959) . . . and [there is] another . . . called the Squid. . . .