Meaning
A squid, a marine mollusk, often used to represent the animal or as seafood.
Category: Animals & Nature
🦑squid
🦑 squid belongs to Animals & Nature. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.
Aliases
:squid:
Keywords
animalfoodmollusksquid
What does 🦑 squid mean?
The squid emoji depicts the multi-armed marine animal and can be used to talk about ocean life, biology, or fishing. It is also often used in the context of food, specifically dishes like calamari or sushi. Depending on context, it may occasionally appear in discussions about marine conservation or aquariums.
Often used for
- Discussing ocean life or marine biology
- Talking about eating squid, calamari, or sushi
- Referencing fishing or aquariums
- Describing a beach trip or ocean visit
Tone: Generally neutral and literal. It is mostly used in straightforward contexts about animals or food, with little figurative slang attached to it.
🦑 in real messages
- we ordered the fried calamari 🦑 and it was so good
- saw a giant squid exhibit at the aquarium today 🦑
- trying to cook squid for dinner tonight 🦑
- the kids are learning about ocean animals this week 🦑
- caught a tiny squid while fishing off the pier 🦑
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How 🦑 squid looks
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🦑 squid codes for developers
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| Emoji | 🦑 | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode codepoints | U+1F991 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦑 | |
| HTML (hex) | 🦑 | |
| CSS | \1F991 | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F991} | |
| JSON | \uD83E\uDD91 | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%A6%91 | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :squid: |
🦑 in other languages
SpanishcalamarFrenchcalamarGermanTintenfischItaliancalamaroPortugueselulaRussianкальмарJapaneseイカKorean오징어Chinese乌贼LithuaniankalmarasPolishkałamarnica
Source: Unicode CLDR