Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAL'A-MAR, or CAL'A-MA-RY, n. [Sp. id.; It. calamaia, an ink-horn, and this animal.]

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; Loligo vulgaris, preke or pen-fish. – Sp. Dict. Dict. of Nat. Hist.