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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At the back of the beach, where the tree-ferns and the calamaries grew rankest, the foliage parted noiselessly at a height of perhaps twenty feet from the ground, and a dreadful head looked forth.
From In the Morning of Time by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
I have never seen any of these "sea-mops" attached to anything, and the pelagic habits of the calamaries render it probable that they are left floating on the surface of the sea.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by H. W. (Henry William) Lee
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
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
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
