penfish

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penfish

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From pen + fish, since the squid's ink was formerly used for writing.

noun penfishes · penfish

  1. A squid.
  2. rare Any of various porgies of the genus Calamus

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noun Calamus

Españolpez pluma, pluma

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@misc{penfish_2026,
  title = {penfish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/penfish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}