Calamus may refer to:
Botany and zoology
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''Calamus'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Sparidae
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''Calamus'' (palm), a genus of rattan palms
* Calamus, the hollow shaft of a
feather
Feathers are epidermal growths that form a distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on both avian (bird) and some non-avian dinosaurs and other archosaurs. They are the most complex integumentary structures found in vertebrates and a premier ...
, also known as the quill
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Acorus calamus'', the sweet flag, a tall wetland plant, commonly referred to as calamus in herbal medicine
Place names
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Calamus, Iowa
Calamus () is a small town in Clinton County, Iowa, United States, located on the historical Lincoln Highway, which was the first transcontinental highway for automobiles across the U.S..
Calamus is the only town in Olive Township and had a popul ...
, United States
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Calamus, Wisconsin, United States
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Calamus Creek (disambiguation)
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Calamus Swamp, Ohio, United States
Other uses
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Calamus (DTP)
Calamus is a desktop publishing application, originally built for the Atari ST computer. The first version was released on July 1, 1987 by the former German software company DMC GmbH. It is also able to run under a built-in and transparent Atari e ...
, a desktop publishing application
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Calamus (poems)
The "Calamus" poems are a cluster of poems in ''Leaves of Grass'' by Walt Whitman. These poems celebrate and promote "the manly love of comrades". Most critics believe that these poems are Whitman's clearest expressions in print of his ideas about ...
, a series of poems by American writer Walt Whitman
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Calamus Ensemble, a classical music ensemble featuring
Roberto Carnevale
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Ensemble Cálamus, a classical music ensemble featuring
Eduardo Paniagua
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USS ''Calamus'' (AOG-5) a ''Mettawee''-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy
* Calamus or
Kalamos
Kalamos ( grc, Κάλαμος, lit=reed, reed pen; la, Calamus) is a Greek mythological figure. He is son of Maiandros, the god of the Maeander river.
Mythology
A story in Nonnus's ''Dionysiaca'' tells about the love of two youths, Kalamos and K ...
, a figure in Greek mythology
*Calamus, a character from the 2014 puzzle/adventure game
OneShot
''OneShot'' is an adventure game developed by indie studio Future Cat and published by Degica. Based on a 2014 free version, it was released for Steam on December 8, 2016, and on itch.io on March 12, 2020. A version adapted for consoles, ''O ...
See also
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Calamis (disambiguation) Calamis may refer to two sculptors of ancient Greece:
* Calamis (5th century BC)
* Calamis (4th century BC)
See also
* Calamus (disambiguation)
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