Cuttlefish

2 definitions found

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.
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     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.
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     2. A foul-mouthed fellow. "An you play the saucy cuttle with
        me." --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cuttlefish
       n : ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as
           the body and a large calcareous internal shell [syn: {cuttle}]
       [also: {cuttlefishes} (pl)]