calamari









calamari


noun Italian Cookery.

  1. squid.

noun

  1. squid cooked for eating, esp cut into rings and fried in batter
n.

1560s, from Italian calamari, from Latin calamarius, literally “pertaining to a pen,” from calamus “a writing pen,” literally “reed” (see shawm). So called from the cuttlefish’s pen-like internal shell and perhaps also from its being full of ink.

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