English Explanatory Dictionary

calamary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A squid.

Word forms

calamary calamaries calamar calmar

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin calamārius, from calamus (“a reed pen”), because of the ink emitted by squids.

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