calamari

[ kal-uh-mahr-ee, kah-luh-; Italian kah-lah-mah-ree ]

noun

, Cooking.

1. squid ( ).

calamari

/ ˌkæləˈmɑːrɪ /

noun

1. squid cooked for eating, esp cut into rings and fried in batter

Word History and Origins

Origin of calamari¹

First recorded in 1820–30; from Italian, plural of calamaro, calamaio (short for pesce calamaio ), from Late Latin calamārium “inkhorn, pen case” (referring to the ink ejected by the squid), Latin calamārius “pertaining to a pen”; calamus, -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of calamari¹

C20: from Italian, pl of calamaro squid, from Latin calamarium pen-case, referring to the squid's internal shell, from Greek kalamos reed

Example Sentences

As a comparative biology Ph.D. student in the Museum's Richard Gilder Graduate School, Calamari began investigating this question using genomic and computer-based 3D shape analysis.

From Science Daily

Working with the Museum's Frick Curator of Fossil Mammals John Flynn, Calamari focused on sequencing transcriptomes, the genes expressed in a tissue at a specific time, for headgear.

From Science Daily

By comparing their newly sequenced cattle horn transcriptome to deer antler and pig skin transcriptomes, Calamari and Flynn confirmed for the first time with transcriptomes that family-specific differences in headgear likely evolved as elaborations on a general bony structure inherited from a common ancestor.

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"In addition to gene expression patterns that support a single origin of horns and antlers, our results also show the regulation of gene expression patterns in these structures may differ from other bones," Calamari said.

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A senior executive at the Trump Organization, Calamari rose through the ranks at the Trump family company, starting out as a bodyguard before eventually becoming the chief operating officer.

From Seattle Times