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Calamari

//kæləˈmɑːɹi// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.
Noun
  1. 1
    Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food wordnet
  3. 3
    Squid, the mollusk. countable, uncountable, usually

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian calamari, plural of calamaro, from Latin calamarius, from calamus, from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Calamari.

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