What is the plural of squid?

noun. plural squid or squids. Britannica Dictionary definition of SQUID. [count] : a sea animal that has a long, thin, soft body and 10 long arms.
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What is a group of squid called?

A group of squid is called a "squad"... a squad of squid.
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What is the multiple of squid?

The plural form of squid is squids or squid.
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Do you say squid or squids?

Word forms: squidslanguage note: Squid can also be used as the plural form. A squid is a sea creature with a long soft body and many soft arms called tentacles.
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What is the plural of giraffe?

noun. gi·​raffe | \ jə-ˈraf \ plural giraffes.
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What is mango plural?

man·​go | \ ˈmaŋ-(ˌ)gō \ plural mangoes also mangos.
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What is the plural of kangaroo?

Singular. kangaroo. Plural. kangaroos. The plural form of kangaroo; more than one (kind of) kangaroo.
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What is the plural of octopus?

Octopuses ✅

“Octopuses” gives the word an English ending to match its adoption as an English word. Generally, when a noun enters into English, it is pluralized as an English word rather than in its original form. Octopuses may sound peculiar to some, but this is the preferred plural.
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What is the plural of jellyfish?

jellyfish. Plural. jellyfish or jellyfishes. The plural form of jellyfish; more than one (kind of) jellyfish.
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What is the plural form of shrimp?

noun. \ ˈshrimp , especially Southern ˈsrimp \ plural shrimp or shrimps.
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What do you call a herd of octopus?

The cephalopods do have eight tentacles and there may be three ways to describe a group of them, but only one is technically correct. Grammatically speaking, the plural for octopus is octopuses. As the Merriam-Webster dictionary points out, people use three different terms, however: octopi, octopuses, and octopodes.
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What do you call a group of giraffes?

Take giraffe for example: “a tower” is their collective noun, and we can't think of a better way to describe a group of these gangly giants, towering as they do above all but the tallest trees around them. A group of giraffe are called a 'tower', which is a great example of collective nouns at their descriptive best.
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What is the plural of cuttlefish?

/ˈkʌtlfɪʃ/ (plural cuttlefish) ​a sea creature with eight arms, two tentacles (= long thin parts like arms) and a wide flat shell inside its body.
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What's a bunch of jellyfish called?

A group of jellyfish is called a SMACK! Here are more collective nouns for ocean animals you might not know...
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What is a group of snakes called?

A group is called a snake den or pit. When someone refers to a snake den, the word den is being used as a collective noun. The collective noun highlights the fact that there's more than one snake in the group. Along with den and pit, a person may use another collective noun like a snake knot or even a snake bed.
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What is a group of donkeys called?

A group of donkeys is called a drove.
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What is the plural of starfish?

starfish /ˈstɑɚˌfɪʃ/ noun. plural starfish also starfishes.
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What is the plural for seahorse?

seahorses - Simple English Wiktionary.
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What is the plural of seashell?

seashell /ˈsiːˌʃɛl/ noun. plural seashells.
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What is the plural of platypus?

plural platypuses also platypi\ ˈpla-​ti-​ˌpī , -​ˌpē \
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What is the plural for hippopotamus?

noun. hip·​po·​pot·​a·​mus | \ ˌhi-pə-ˈpä-tə-məs \ plural hippopotamuses or hippopotami\ ˌhi-​pə-​ˈpä-​tə-​ˌmī , -​(ˌ)mē \
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What is plural moose?

Despite what a certain honking bird whose singular form rhymes with that of "moose" might suggest, the plural of "moose" is not "meese." It's just "moose." One moose, three moose, a herd of moose.
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What is sheep plural?

sheep. / (ʃiːp) / noun plural sheep.
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What is the plural of Koala?

(koʊɑːlə ) Word forms: plural koalas. countable noun.
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What is butterfly plural?

1 butterfly /ˈbʌtɚˌflaɪ/ noun. plural butterflies.
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