Squid's defense mechanism Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
2. dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods
(verb)
1. append one’s signature to
2. fill with ink

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MECHANISM (noun)
1. the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
2. the technical aspects of doing something
SQUID (noun)
1. (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
2. widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins

Hint 3: Anagram

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KIN

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