calamari

calamari
[ˌkalə'mα:ri]
(also calamares ˌkalə'mα:reɪz)
plural noun squid served as food.
Origin
Ital., plural of calamaro, from med. L. calamarium 'pen case', from Gk kalamos 'pen' (with ref. to the squid's long tapering internal shell and its ink).

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