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Squid vs Lamprey - What's the difference?

squid | lamprey |

As nouns the difference between squid and lamprey

is that squid is , a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields while lamprey is any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the petromyzontidae family, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.

squid

English

(wikipedia squid)

Etymology 1

. Perhaps related to (squirt)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
  • A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
  • (mildly, pejorative) A sailor in the Navy.
  • (UK, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
    • Can you lend me five squid ? I feel like a bacon sarnie.
    Derived terms
    * arrow squid * broad squid * colossal squid * giant squid * jumbo squid * squidhound
    See also
    * (wikipedia) * calamari * cuttlefish * octopus

    Etymology 2

    Possibly a blend of (stupid) and (quick); "stupid, quick, under-dressed and imminently dead", a claimed origin, is probably a backronym Derived from "squirrelly kid"

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, motorcycling, pejorative) A motorcyclist characterized by lack of riding gear, reckless/careless/unsafe riding, especially of sport bikers.
  • * "In my mind, a street squid is anyone who races on the street. Period."1
  • * "squid: a cocky motorcyclist who darts very aggressively through traffic"2

    • References

    * Harrison, Greg. Son of Squid. American Motorcyclist. Vol. 41, No. 8. ISSN 0277-9358. p. 5. Aug 1987 * Hough, David L. (2000), Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well (2nd ed.), USA: BowTie Press, p. 253, ISBN 1889540536, 9781889540535, p. 253.

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms English terms with unknown etymologies

    lamprey

    English

    (wikipedia lamprey)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the Petromyzontidae family, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.

    • Derived terms

    * brook lamprey * European river lamprey * sea lamprey

    References

    * lamprey] in , volume VI, 1908 *