Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "kaguwa" shine nama daga jikin kaguwa, wanda yawanci ana amfani dashi azaman kayan abinci a cikin jita-jita iri-iri kamar kaguwa, sushi rolls, da salads. Naman kaguwa sau da yawa ana ba da daraja don ɗanɗano, ɗanɗanon sa mai daɗi da laushi mai laushi, kuma ana iya samun shi daga nau'ikan kaguwa iri-iri iri-iri, gami da kaguwa shuɗi, dusar ƙanƙara, kaguwar sarki, da kaguwar Dungeness.