calamary

American  

[kal-uh-mer-ee, -muh-ree] / ˈkæl əˌmɛr i, -mə ri /

Also calamar

noun

plural

calamaries

1. a squid, especially of the genus Loligo.

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

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

An animal allied to the cuttle-fish, belonging to the class Cephalopoda; the calamary or Loligo of naturalists.

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

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 Lee, H. W. (Henry William)

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)

The only doubt I have is whether the fisherman correctly described his assailant as an octopus, and whether it was not a calamary.

From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)