Found 2 items, similar to calamary.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: calamary
calamary
n : (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food [syn:
squid,
calamari]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Calamary
Calamar
\Cal"a*mar\ (k[a^]l"[.a]*m[aum]r), Calamary
\Cal"a*ma*ry\, (-m[asl]*r[y^]r)n. [LL. calamarium inkstand, fr.
L. calamus a reed pen: cf. F. calmar, calemar, pen case,
calamar.] (Zo["o]l.)
A cephalopod, belonging to the genus
Loligo and related
genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike
fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued
or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is
a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very
much like a quill pen. In America they are called
squids.
See
Squid.
[1913 Webster]