{"def":{"short":"a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen","long":["a reed","a staff made of a reed, a reed staff","a measuring reed or rod","a writer's reed, a pen"]},"deriv":"of uncertain affinity","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈkɑ.lɑ.mos","ipa_mod":"ˈkɑ.lɑ.mows","sbl":"kalamos","dic":"KA-la-mose","dic_mod":"KA-la-mose"}}