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calamary

calamary noun: a squid.

Noun

calamary (plural calamaries)

  1. (dated) A squid.

Forms of calamary

pluralcalamaries
alternative formcalamar
alternative formcalmar

Origin of calamary

Learned borrowing from Latin calamārius, from calamus (“a reed pen”), because of the ink emitted by squids.

Questions about calamary

What does calamary mean?
Calamary means a squid.
What part of speech is calamary?
Calamary is a noun.
What is the plural of calamary?
The plural of calamary is calamaries.

Words near calamary in the dictionary

  1. calamaries
  2. calamariid
  3. calamariids
  4. calamaris
  5. calamars
  6. calamary
  7. calamata
  8. calamatas
  9. calamba
  10. calambac
  11. calambour

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