借自拉丁語 squalidus,源自squalere (“粗糙;骯髒”)。
squalid (比較級 squalider,最高級 squalidest)
- 非常骯髒的,邋遢的
- 卑鄙的,不道德的
- A squalid attempt to buy votes. ― 購買選票的卑鄙企圖。
squalid (複數 squalids)
- (動物學) 角鯊科(Squalidae)下屬的鯊魚。
- 2008, David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
- Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods […]