squalid

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin squalidus, from squalere (“to be rough or dirty”).

adj

  1. Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
  2. Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
    A squalid attempt to buy votes.

Etymology 2

noun

  1. (zoology) Any member of the family Squalidae of dogfish sharks.
    Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods[…] 2008, David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates, page 126

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