Squid Emoji

Alternate styles by Microsoft Fluent Emoji, MIT / CC BY 4.0 licensed.

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What does Squid 🦑 mean?

Squid is one of the emojis in the Animals & Nature group (Marine Life). People typically search for it using terms like animal, food, mollusk.

On most keyboards you'll find it grouped with the rest of the Animals & Nature emojis under Marine Life, which makes it easy to browse similar options. It's flexible enough to appear in casual texts, captions, or comments without feeling out of place. It's frequently used near emojis like Spouting Whale and Whale, which cover similar ground.

How to use Squid 🦑 in a sentence

Spotted a squid on our hike today 🦑
Sent my sister a random 🦑 for no reason and she loved it.
The kids wouldn't stop talking about the squid they saw 🦑
Used 🦑 as my profile picture for a week straight.
This documentary about the squid was oddly fascinating 🦑

Squid 🦑 in other languages

French

calamar

Mandarin

乌贼

German

Tintenfisch

Hindi

स्क्विड

Japanese

イカ

Korean

오징어

Portuguese

lula

Spanish

calamar

Russian

кальмар

Arabic

حبار

Frequently asked questions

What does the Squid 🦑 emoji mean?

Squid is one of the emojis in the Animals & Nature group (Marine Life). People typically search for it using terms like animal, food, mollusk.

How do people use the Squid 🦑 emoji in texting?

A common way it shows up in messages: "Spotted a squid on our hike today 🦑" It's generally understood the same way across most messaging apps, though tone can shift slightly depending on who's sending it.

Can I download the Squid 🦑 emoji as an image?

Yes — this page has buttons to download Squid as an SVG (vector, best for scaling to any size) or a high-resolution PNG. The images come from the Twemoji design set (CC-BY 4.0), so credit is required if you reuse them elsewhere, and the exact art style may look slightly different from how this emoji renders on your own phone or computer.