NOUN | food | squid, calamari, calamary | (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food |
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animal | squid | widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular / triangular tail fins |
Sounds | skwih'd | |
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Rhymes | abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... |
Meaning | (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food. | |
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Synonyms | calamari, calamary | |
Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
Part of | squid | widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular / triangular tail fins |
Region | Italy, Italian Republic, Italia | A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula |
Broader | seafood | edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc |
Spanish | calamares, calamar, teuthida | |
Catalan | calamar, calamars |
Meaning | widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular / triangular tail fins. | |
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Parts | squid, calamari, calamary | (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food |
Narrower | architeuthis, giant squid | largest mollusk known about but never / never seen (to 60 feet long) |
loligo | Somewhat flattened cylindrical squid | |
ommastrephes | Extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins | |
Broader | decapod | cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones |
Spanish | calamar | |
Catalan | calamar, calamars |
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