calamary

American  

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

Also calamar

noun

calamaries plural

1. a squid, especially of the genus Loligo.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• calamaries
  plural

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

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calamary calamaries

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 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)

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

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 Lee, H. W. (Henry William)

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)

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 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)

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

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 Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir