calamari
noun
- squid used as food, commonly eaten in the Mediterranean, in East Asia, and elsewhere
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kæləˈmɑːɹi/
name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Calamari.
- A surname from Italian.
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian calamari, plural of calamaro, from Latin calamarius, from calamus, from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”).
- Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.
- Squid, the mollusk.