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cuttlefish

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Noun
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cut=tle=fish

CIDE DICTIONARY

cuttlefishn. [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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