A scientific order in biological classification, grouping together related families of squid and similar cephalopods.
From calamari (squid) plus the scientific suffix '-ales' which denotes an order in the Linnaean classification system. The suffix '-ales' has been standard in biological nomenclature since the 18th century for organizing families into larger groups.
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