CALAMARI


Meaning of CALAMARI in English

[ ˌkalə'mα:ri ]

(also calamares ˌkalə'mα:reɪz )

■ plural noun squid served as food.

Origin

Ital., plural of calamaro , from med. L. ~um 'pen case', from Gk kalamos 'pen' (with ref. to the squid's long tapering internal shell and its ink).

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.