Cuttlefish
11Cuttlefish — 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.]… …
12cuttlefish — cut|tle|fish [ˈkʌtlˌfıʃ] n plural cuttlefish a sea creature with ten soft arms …
13cuttlefish — 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… …
14cuttlefish — Mūhe e. ♦ The cuttlefish, a sea creature running two ways, o ka mūhe e ka i a holo lua (of duplicity and fickleness) …
15cuttlefish 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 …
16cuttlefish disk — a dental disk with powdered cuttlefish bone bonded to its surface and edge …
17cuttlefish — 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 …
18cuttlefish — not fish but a cephalopod mollusc with 10 arms and a calcified internal shell …
19cuttlefish — noun /ˈkʌt.əl.fɪʃ/ Any of various squidlike cephalopod marine mollusks of the genus Sepia that have ten arms and a calcareous internal shell and eject a dark inky fluid when in …
20cuttlefish — cut|tle|fish [ kʌtl,fıʃ ] noun count or uncount a sea creature with ten arms …