The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calamar \Cal"a*mar\ (k[a^]l"[.a]*m[aum]r), Calamary \Cal"a*ma*ry\, (-m[asl]*r[y^]r)n. [LL. calamarium inkstand, fr. L. calamus a reed pen: cf. F. calmar, calemar, pen case, calamar.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Wiktionary
n. (context dated English) A squid.
Wikipedia
Calamar may refer to:
- Calamar, Guaviare, a town and municipality in Guaviare Department, Colombia
- Calamar, Bolívar, a town and municipality in Bolívar Department, Colombia
- Calamar, Colombian telenovela
- A synonym for squid.
Usage examples of "calamar".
He uses dry fungus-spores, and a calamar soaked in fish-oil, and two rocks.
On a fine day you can catch sunfire with them and set light to a dry calamar or a dead leaf.
After Trinkatta's droids loaded the fighters onto a freighter, Bama Vook and his droid Leeper stole the entire freighter and hid it in a Calamar City docking bay on Esseles.