The word "demoid" is spelled d-e-m-o-i-d. It is pronounced /ˈdɛmɔɪd/, with the emphasis on the first syllable. The phonetic transcription shows that the first sound in the word is a voiced dental fricative /ð/, followed by a short vowel /ɛ/ and a bilabial stop /m/. The second syllable starts with an unstressed open-mid vowel /ɔ/, followed by a voiced palatal approximant /j/ and a voiceless dental plosive /d/. This rare word is used to describe something resembling or related to a (now extinct) large squid.