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cuttlefish

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cuttlefish

Etymology

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Fromcuttle +‎fish.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cuttlefish (countable anduncountable,pluralcuttlefishesorcuttlefish)

  1. Anysquid-likecephalopods (marinemollusks) of theorderSepiida that have eightarms, two retractabletentacles, and acalcareousinternalshell, and caneject a darkink whenthreatened.
    Synonyms:cuttle,inkfish,sepia
    Hypernyms:cephalopod <mollusc <animal <organism <creature
    Hyponym:flamboyant cuttlefish
    Coordinate terms:octopus,squid,nautilus
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck,Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page72:
      Cuttle-fish, spiced oysters, sea hedge-hogs, and lobsters were among the ingredients of love-potions that reputed thaumaturgist Apuleius [...] was accused of have prepared in order to win the love of a widow.

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Translations

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any of various squidlike mollusks
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