cuttlefish

common cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis

cut·tle·fish

(kŭt′l-fĭsh′)

n. pl. cuttlefish or cut·tle·fish·es

Any of various marine cephalopod mollusks of the family Sepiidae, having eight arms and two long tentacles, a calcareous internal shell, and a broad body.

[Middle English codel, cotil, cuttlefish (from Old English cudele) + fish.]

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cuttlefish

(ˈkʌtəlˌfɪʃ)

n, pl -fish or -fishes

(Animals) any cephalopod mollusc of the genus Sepia and related genera, which occur near the bottom of inshore waters and have a broad flattened body: order Decapoda (decapods). Sometimes shortened to: cuttle See also squid¹

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

cut•tle•fish

(ˈkʌt lˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es.

any flattened squidlike cephalopod of the family Sepiidae with a hard internal shell.

[1400–50; late Middle English codel, Old English cudele cuttlefish + fish]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

cuttlefish - ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell

cuttle

decapod - cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones

genus Sepia, Sepia - type genus of the Sepiidae

Translations

صَبيْدِج، حَبّار

sépie

blæksprutte

mustekalaseepia

smokkfiskur

sepija

tinteszivs

zeekat

blekksprut

choco

каракатица сепия

mürekkep balığı

乌贼墨鱼

cuttlefish

[ˈkʌtlfɪʃ] N (cuttlefish or cuttlefishes (pl)) → jibia f, sepia f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cuttlefish

[ˈkʌt^əlfɪʃ] n → seiche fcut up (mainly British) adj (= upset) → affecté(e)
to be cut up about sth → être affecté(e) par qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cuttlefish

n → Tintenfisch m, → Sepie f, → Kuttelfisch m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cuttlefish

[ˈkʌtlˌfɪʃ] n → seppia

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cuttlefish

(ˈkatlfiʃ) – plural ˈcuttlefish – noun

a sea-creature like the squid, able to squirt an inky liquid.

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References in classic literature

"Yes, with a cuttlefish! You know," Levin turned to his brother, "Mihail Semyonovitch is writing a work on the digestive organs of the..."

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It served as nest and food for myriads of crustacea and molluscs, crabs, and cuttlefish. There seals and otters had splendid repasts, eating the flesh of fish with sea-vegetables, according to the English fashion.

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The end of it was that the licentiate reckoned up for him by thrusts every one of the buttons of the short cassock he wore, tore the skirts into strips, like the tails of a cuttlefish, knocked off his hat twice, and so completely tired him out, that in vexation, anger, and rage, he took the sword by the hilt and flung it away with such force, that one of the peasants that were there, who was a notary, and who went for it, made an affidavit afterwards that he sent it nearly three-quarters of a league, which testimony will serve, and has served, to show and establish with all certainty that strength is overcome by skill.

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Skidder to himself, putting his feet up against the lambrequins and disappearing in a cloud of smoke like an aerial cuttlefish.

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One could almost fancy they were sea-monsters like krakens or cuttlefish, writhing polypi who had crawled up from the sea to see the end of this tragedy, even as he, the villain and victim of it, the terrible man in the tall hat, had once crawled up from the sea.

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IGR, FR, FC, ML, and survival of common Chinese cuttlefish after 40 days in different water temperatures are shown in Figures 1-5, respectively.

Optimum water temperature for the growth of juvenile common Chinese cuttlefish, Sepiella maindroni (de Rochebrune 1884)

Look out for the cross-dressing cuttlefish who pretends to be female to mate with a beauty that's already spoken for.

What to WATCH

Dig into freshly grilled seer and red snapper or select some fresh cuttlefish, prawns and handallo.

Seafood Thursdays at the Malvenpick Hotel Colombo

'It follows the seasons, and right now is cuttlefish season.

Home, Agriculture, Defence Ministries join forces to tackle worsening illegal fishing problem

Spencer Gulf sees a gathering of colourful giant cuttlefish. And in the cold Southern Ocean, humpback whales gather to give birth.

TV GUIDE; FRIDAY MARCH 22

The health ministry on Monday recalled a batch of frozen cuttlefish after higher levels of cadmium were detected in it.

Batch of cuttlefish recalled after excessive cadmium found