calamary
noun
a squid, especially of the genus Loligo.
calamaries
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pluralof calamary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He describes the character of the cuttle-bone in Sepia, and of the horny pen which takes its place in the various calamaries, and notes the lack of any similar structure in Octopus.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by R.W. Livingstone
Although individuals of other species, of larger dimensions, are known to have existed, this is the largest specimen of the hook-armed calamaries that has been scientifically examined.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by H. W. (Henry William) Lee
The existence, in almost every sea, of calamaries capable of playing their part in such a scene has been fully proved, and this vexed question of marine zoology set at rest for ever.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by H. W. (Henry William) Lee
He recognised in this, and no doubt correctly, one of the calamaries.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by H. W. (Henry William) Lee
Curiously enough, English sailors still call the nearest surviving relatives of the belemnites, the squids or calamaries of the Atlantic, by the appropriate name of sea-arrows.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Grant Allen
