calamari

(kä′lə märē, kalə mer′ē)

noun

squid cooked as food, esp. as an Italian dish

Origin: It

See calamari in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Squid prepared as food.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: , pl. of calamaro

Origin: , from Late Latin calamārium, pen-case

Origin: , from Latin calamārius, relating to a reed pen

Origin: , from calamus, reed pen (perhaps from the “ink” the squid secretes); see calamus

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