3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cuttle \Cut"tle\ (k?t"t'l), n. [OF. cultel, coltel, coutel, fr. L. cultellus. See {Cutlass}.] A knife. [Obs.] --Bale. [1913 Webster] Cuttle From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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.] 1. (Zool.) 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] Note: 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] 2. A foul-mouthed fellow. "An you play the saucy cuttle with me." --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: cuttle n : ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell [syn: {cuttlefish}]
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