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Cuttlefish
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Cuttlefish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Cuttlefish has 1 sense
- cuttlefish(n = noun.animal) cuttle - ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell; Array is a kind of decapod
is a member of genus sepia, sepia
CIDE DICTIONARY
Cuttlefish, n. [OE. codule, AS. cudele; akin to G. kuttelfish; cf. G. kötel, D. keutel, dirt from the guts, G. kuttel bowels, entrails. AS. cwi womb, Goth. qi belly, womb.].
- A cephalopod of the genus
Sepia , having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally. [1913 Webster]" It has an ink bag, opening into the siphon, from which, when pursued, it throws out a dark liquid that clouds the water, enabling it to escape observation." [1913 Webster] - A foul-mouthed fellow. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Cuttlefish, n. any marine cephalopod mollusc of the genera Sepia and Sepiola, having ten arms and ejecting a black fluid when threatened or pursued.
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