Squid vs Sepia - What's the difference?
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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.
(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
(archaic) The cuttlefish.
A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
(colour) A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
(colour) Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
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As nouns the difference between squid and sepia
is that squid is , a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields while sepia is sepia.As an adjective sepia is
sepia.squid
English
(wikipedia squid)Etymology 1
. Perhaps related to (squirt)Noun
(en-noun)- Can you lend me five squid ? I feel like a bacon sarnie.
Derived terms
* arrow squid * broad squid * colossal squid * giant squid * jumbo squid * squidhoundSee also
* (wikipedia) * calamari * cuttlefish * octopusEtymology 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)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.
sepia
English
(wikipedia sepia)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
- Only now did he realise how few colours there had been at the end of the universe. The world had been sepia , drained of colour and light.
