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calamary

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cal⋅a⋅mar⋅y

[kal-uh-mer-ee, -muh-ree]
–noun, plural -mar⋅ies.
a squid, esp. of the genus Loligo.
Also, cal⋅a⋅mar [kal-uh-mahr] .


Origin:
1560–70; appar. < L calamārius (see calamari ), though the metaphor may be dependent on a popular form such as It calamaro
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