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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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
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 H. W. (Henry William) Lee
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 Joseph Dommers Vehling
Squid, skwid, n. a kind of cuttle-fish or calamary: a lure used in trolling for fish.—v.i. to fish with a squid or spoon-bait.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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
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 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
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
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
Curiously enough, English sailors still call the nearest surviving relatives of the belemnites, the squids or calamaries of the Atlantic, by the appropriate name of sea-arrows.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Grant Allen
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