calamary

Hence in Italian a squid is called calamaio, from calamus a reed or pen, and in English the similar term calamary is sometimes used.

This appears to have been, like the others from the same locality, a large calamary.

The formula for the forcemeat of the fish is not given here but is found in ℞ No. 406—stuffed Sepia, a fish akin to the calamary.

As they saw their fellow overwhelmed they launched themselves from their perch and came hooting hoarsely over the rank, green tops of the palms and feathery calamaries.

An animal allied to the cuttle-fish, belonging to the class Cephalopoda; the calamary or Loligo of naturalists.