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Cuttlefish vs Calamari - What's the difference?

cuttlefish | calamari |

As nouns the difference between cuttlefish and calamari

is that cuttlefish is any of various squidlike cephalopod marine mollusks of the genus genus: Sepia that have ten arms and a calcareous internal shell and eject a dark inky fluid when in danger while calamari is squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.

cuttlefish

English

(wikipedia cuttlefish)

Noun

  • Any of various squidlike cephalopod marine mollusks of the genus that have ten arms and a calcareous internal shell and eject a dark inky fluid when in danger.

    • Synonyms

    * inkfish

    Derived terms

    * cuttlefish bone

    See also

    * octopus * squid

    calamari

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia calamari) (-)
  • squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings
  • squid, the mollusk, in general

    • Derived terms

    * calamari ring ----