cuttlefish — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Any squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   cuttleinkfishsepia

   Broader terms

   cephalopodmolluscanimalorganismcreature

   Examples

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   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.

   Fossilised ink sacs are more conclusively known from the extinct “soft-bodied” Coleoidea cephalopods in groups Belemitida (including belemnites with bullet-like internal skeletons commonly found as fossils) and Phragmoteuthida as well as from squid, octopus and cuttlefish fossils.

Noun

1. ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell

   Synonyms

   cuttle

   Broader terms

   decapod