| 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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