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calamari

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ca·la·ma·ri  (käl-mär, kl-)
n.
Squid prepared as food.

[Italian, pl. of calamaro, from Late Latin calamrium, pen-case, from Latin calamrius, relating to a reed pen, from calamus, reed pen (perhaps from the "ink" the squid secretes); see calamus.]

calamari
Noun
squid cooked for eating, esp cut into rings and fried in batter [from Italian, plural of calamaro squid]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.calamaricalamari - (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
squid - widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD

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