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calamary

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin calamārius,[1] from calamus (“a reed pen”), because of the ink emitted by squids.

Noun

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calamary (plural calamaries)

  1. (dated) A squid.

References

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  1. ^ “calamary, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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