calamar

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CALAMAR, noun An animal, having an oblong body and ten legs. On the belly are two bladders containing a black fluid, which the animal emits when pursued. It is called also sea-sleeve and cuttle-fish.
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