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Calamar

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...