calamary
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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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There is not one of the above judiciously summarized characteristics that is not supplied by the great calamary, and its ascertained habits and peculiar mode of locomotion.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
The octopus, the sepia, and the calamary are all constructed on one fundamental plan.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
The formula for the forcemeat of the fish is not given here but is found in ℞ No. 406—stuffed Sepia, a fish akin to the calamary.
From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers
Evidently, again, a large calamary raising its caudal extremity and fin above the surface, and discolouring the water by discharging its ink.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
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 Belcher, Edward, Sir
He recognised in this, and no doubt correctly, one of the calamaries.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
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 Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
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 Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
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 Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
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 Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
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