cuttlefish

cut·tle·fish | \ ˈkə-tᵊl-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

Examples of cuttlefish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Their lack of yoked eyes is not the only thing that’s different about a cuttlefish’s stereopsis. — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, "Cuttlefish perceive depth—and they wore 3D glasses to prove it," 9 Jan. 2020 Remarkably, both praying mantises and cuttlefish are unfazed by these inverted background patterns. — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, "Scientists Velcroed 3-D Glasses to Cuttlefish to Study Their Depth Perception," 8 Jan. 2020 Metasepia pfefferi Laboratory scientists are raising another species, known as the flamboyant cuttlefish, which has masterful camouflage of its own. — Washington Post, "Masters of camouflage," 7 Feb. 2019 The shelves up high behind the counter were full of Thai snack imports for sale, like sweet basil Lay's chips, tom yum powder–dusted seaweed crisps, Cheeto-textured cuttlefish flavored rice balls, and sugar rush–inducing bright kelly green soda. — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, "Currently Obsessed With: The Cafeteria-Style Lunch at Little Wayla," 9 Jan. 2020 But as a new study shows cuttlefish experience this phenomenon as well. — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, "Cuttlefish perceive depth—and they wore 3D glasses to prove it," 9 Jan. 2020 In other words, cuttlefish can’t perfectly match a coral reef. — Washington Post, "Masters of camouflage," 7 Feb. 2019 Cargo hold: The cargo hold will feature garden eels and two fish with camouflage – cuttlefish and frogfish. — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, "Newport Aquarium announces new exhibit: Realm of the Eels," 8 Nov. 2019 Scientists there were able to reliably raise their own cuttlefish across generations and their findings offered invaluable insight into how octopuses could be reared as well. — Tik Root, Time, "Inside the Race to Build the World's First Commercial Octopus Farm," 21 Aug. 2019

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