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calamari

noun

  1. squid used as food, commonly eaten in the Mediterranean, in East Asia, and elsewhere
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kæləˈmɑːɹi/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Calamari.

  1. 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”).

  1. Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.
  2. Squid, the mollusk.