DictionaryRoot: calamus
Latin

calamus

reed; writing pen

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A plate of fried calamari, with cut squid rings and recognizable curled tentacle clusters, accompanied by a lemon wedge and a small dipping bowl.
noun

calamari

kah-luh-MAR-ee/kɑlɑmˈɑri/

Squid prepared as food.

Etymology

The pieces mean “pertaining to a pen”: squid were named for their pen-shaped internal shell, and perhaps also their ink. The animal’s name also serves as its name when prepared as food.

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