calamary
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calamaries
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Origin of calamary
First recorded in 1560–70; apparently from Latin calamārius “pertaining to a pen”; see calamari; the ink metaphor may stem from a popular form such as Italian calamaro
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In November, 1873—about three weeks after the occurrence in Conception Bay—another calamary somewhat smaller than the preceding, but of the same species, also came into Mr. Harvey's possession.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by H. W. (Henry William) Lee
It was probably a gigantic calamary, such as we now know exist, and the dead carcases of which have been found in the locality where the event depicted is supposed to have taken place.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by H. W. (Henry William) Lee
Hence in Italian a squid is called calamaio, from calamus a reed or pen, and in English the similar term calamary is sometimes used.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
A name for the calamary, Loligo vulgaris, an animal allied to the cuttle-fish.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
On the 26th of April, 1875, a very large calamary was met with on the north-west of Boffin Island, Connemara.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by H. W. (Henry William) Lee
As the great calamaries were unknown, their mode of swift retrograde motion, by means of an outflowing current of water, was of course unsuspected.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by H. W. (Henry William) Lee
Instead of there being eight, as in the argonaut and octopus, or ten, as in sepia and the calamaries, the Nautilus has about ninety projecting in every direction from around the mouth.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by H. W. (Henry William) Lee
As they saw their fellow overwhelmed they launched themselves from their perch and came hooting hoarsely over the rank, green tops of the palms and feathery calamaries.
From In the Morning of Time by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
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
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
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