cuttlefish


cut·tle·fish

noun \-ˌfish\

Definition of CUTTLEFISH

: 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 in having a calcified internal shell

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Origin of CUTTLEFISH

Middle English cotul + English fish
First Known Use: circa 1828

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