calamari

[kal-uh-mahr-ee, kah-luh-; It. kah-lah-mah-ree] Origin

ca·la·ma·ri

[kal-uh-mahr-ee, kah-luh-; It. kah-lah-mah-ree]
noun Italian Cookery.

Origin:
< Italian, plural of calamaro, calamaio, (for pesce calamaio) < Late Latin calamārium inkhorn, pen case (referring to the ink ejected by the squid), Latin calamārius pertaining to a pen; see calamus, -ary
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calamari (ˌkæləˈmɑːrɪ)
 
n
squid cooked for eating, esp cut into rings and fried in batter
 
[C20: from Italian, pl of calamaro squid, from Latin calamarium pen-case, referring to the squid's internal shell, from Greek kalamos reed]

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calamari
1560s, from It. calamari, from L. calamarius, lit. "pertaining to a pen," from calamus "a writing pen," lit. "reed." So called from the cuttlefish's pen-like internal shell and perhaps also from its being full of ink.
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