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.]… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12cuttlefish — cut|tle|fish [ˈkʌtlˌfıʃ] n plural cuttlefish a sea creature with ten soft arms …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 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… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 14cuttlefish —   Mūhe e.    ♦ The cuttlefish, a sea creature running two ways, o ka mūhe e ka i a holo lua (of duplicity and fickleness) …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 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 …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 16cuttlefish disk — a dental disk with powdered cuttlefish bone bonded to its surface and edge …

    Medical dictionary

  • 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 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 18cuttlefish — not fish but a cephalopod mollusc with 10 arms and a calcified internal shell …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 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 …

    Wiktionary

  • 20cuttlefish — cut|tle|fish [ kʌtl,fıʃ ] noun count or uncount a sea creature with ten arms …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English