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calamary (iou)



calamary noun. . M16.
[medieval Latin calamarium pen-case, use as noun of neut. of Latin calamarius adjective, from calamus from Greek kalamos pen: see -ARY1. Mod. culinary use from Italian.]
A squid with a long, tapering, horny, internal shell, esp. one of the common genus Loligo; in pl. (in form calamari(es)), squid in Italian cookery.