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calamari.

Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kæləˈmɑːɹi/
  1. Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Squid, the mollusk.

    countable · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

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

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