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calmar

calmar noun: a squid (the mollusk).

Noun

calmar (plural calmars)

  1. A squid (the mollusk).
    • During the summer, he studied calmars at Lisbon, but found no appearance of any roe, nor any reservoir which appeared to be destined for the reception of the seminal liquor; and it was in the middle of December, that he began to discern the first traces of a new vessel replete with a milty juice.1792, George Louis Le Clerc, Barr's Buffon. Buffon's Natural History, page 126

Forms of calmar

pluralcalmars

Questions about calmar

What does calmar mean?
Calmar means a squid (the mollusk).
What part of speech is calmar?
Calmar is a noun.
What is the plural of calmar?
The plural of calmar is calmars.

Words near calmar in the dictionary

  1. Calma
  2. calmability
  3. calmable
  4. calmant
  5. calmants
  6. calmar
  7. calmars
  8. Calmas
  9. calmative
  10. calmatives
  11. calme

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