Definitions for calamary

calamary cal·a·mar·y

Spelling: [kal-uh-mer-ee, -muh-ree]
IPA: /ˈkæl əˌmɛr i, -mə ri/

Calamary is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 148 anagrams from letters in calamary (aaaclmry).

Definitions for calamary

noun

  1. a squid, especially of the genus Loligo.

Origin of calamary

1560-70; apparently Latin calamārius (see calamari), though the metaphor may be dependent on a popular form such as Italian calamaro

Examples for calamary

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

The only doubt I have is whether the fisherman correctly described his assailant as an octopus, and whether it was not a calamary.

calamary, kal′a-mar-i, n. a popular name applied to numerous forms of cuttle-fish or Cephalopoda, more esp.

Squid, skwid, n. a kind of cuttle-fish or calamary: a lure used in trolling for fish.

A name for the calamary, Loligo vulgaris, an animal allied to the cuttle-fish.

It seldom exceeds four or five inches in length, and, like the calamary, is used largely as a bait by fishermen.

The octopus, the sepia, and the calamary are all constructed on one fundamental plan.

Word Value for calamary
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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