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Cuttlefish — Sepia latimanus, East Timor Scientific classification … Wikipedia
cuttlefish — [kut′ lfish΄] n. pl. cuttlefish or cuttlefishes (see FISH) [ME codel < OE cudele, akin to Norw dial. kaule (* kodle), OLowG cudele, older Du kuttlevisch: sense “pouch fish”: for IE base see COD2] any of a family (Sepiidae) of cephalopods that… … English World dictionary
cuttlefish — /kut l fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) cuttlefish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) cuttlefishes. any of several cephalopods, esp. of the genus Sepia, having eight arms with suckers and two tentacles, and ejecting a black,… … Universalium
cuttlefish — [11] The cuttlefish probably gets its name from its resemblance to a bag when its internal shell is removed. Its earliest recorded designation is cudele (the compound cuttlefish does not appear until the 16th century), which is generally taken to … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cuttlefish — [[t]kʌ̱t(ə)lfɪʃ[/t]] N COUNT (cuttlefish is both the singular and the plural form.) A cuttlefish is a sea animal that has a soft body and a hard shell inside … English dictionary
cuttlefish — [11] The cuttlefish probably gets its name from its resemblance to a bag when its internal shell is removed. Its earliest recorded designation is cudele (the compound cuttlefish does not appear until the 16th century), which is generally taken to … Word origins
cuttlefish bone — cuttˈle bone or cuttlefish bone noun The internal shell of the cuttlefish, used for making tooth powder, for polishing the softer metals and for cage birds to sharpen their beaks on • • • Main Entry: ↑cuttle … Useful english dictionary
Cuttlefish — Cuttle Cut tle (k[u^]t t l), Cuttlefish Cut tle*fish ( f[i^]sh ), n. [OE. codule, AS. cudele; akin to G. kuttelfish; cf. G. k[ o]tel, D. keutel, dirt from the guts, G. kuttel bowels, entrails. AS. cwi[thorn] womb, Goth. qi[thorn]us belly, womb.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shell — 1. noun /ʃɛl/ a) The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefish, the shell is concealed by the animals outer mantle and is considered internal. b) The hard … Wiktionary
cuttlefish — cut•tle•fish [[t]ˈkʌt lˌfɪʃ[/t]] n. pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. for kinds or species) fish•es. ivt any flattened squidlike cephalopod of the family Sepiidae with a hard internal shell • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME codel, OE cudele… … From formal English to slang
cuttlefish — noun Etymology: Middle English cotul + English fish Date: circa 1828 any of various marine cephalopod mollusks (order Sepioidea, especially genus Sepia) having eight short arms and two usually longer tentacles and differing from the related squid … New Collegiate Dictionary
