What's the difference between calamar and calamary?

Calamar


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Calamary

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Calamary


Definition:

  • (n.) 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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Spanish classic arroz negro pays homage to both old country and new: instead of the standard squid ink and fish stock, it’s made with crab bisque and chilmole (the blackened chilli sauce of the Yucatán) and crowned with calamari stuffed with pork scratchings.
  • (2) These prices are going crazy,” one customer said last week as she rifled through packets of mussels in search of calamari.
  • (3) Dishes such as calamari, chargrilled sardines, mutton koftas and meze are prepared in front of you.
  • (4) As I got started on a delicious whitefish and dill salad, he tucked into fried calamari with genuine enthusiasm.
  • (5) Next, the main course of turbot with lemon calamari is just as simple and fresh.
  • (6) There is calamari, swordfish, giant prawns, baskets of focaccia, and the restaurant's silence is broken by Brydon's phone, spilling out the new Rod Stewart album through its speaker, and by a ceaseless run of impressions: Paul McCartney, Roger Moore singing Simon and Garfunkel, and an assortment of increasingly risqué tales all related in the voice of Alan Bennett.

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