cut·tle·fish (k t l-f sh )n. pl. cuttlefish or cut·tle·fish·es Any of various squidlike cephalopod marine mollusks of the genus Sepia that have ten arms and a calcareous internal shell and eject a dark inky fluid when in danger. [Middle English codel, cotil, cuttlefish (from Old English cudele) + fish.] |   common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis |
cuttlefish
Noun
pl -fish or -fishes a flat squidlike mollusc which squirts an inky fluid when in danger [Old English cudele]
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| Noun | 1. |  cuttlefish - ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shelldecapod - cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones genus Sepia, Sepia - type genus of the Sepiidae |
Translations
n cuttlefish [ˈkatlfiʃ]
a sea-creature like the squid, able to squirt an inky liquid. inkvis صَبيْدِج، حَبّار (حيوان هُلامي) сепия sépie blæksprutte der Tintenfisch σουπιά sepia seepia ماهی مرکب seepia seiche דְיוֹנוֹן दस भुजी समुद्री जीव sipa tintahal cumi-cumi smokkfiskur seppia いか 오징어 sepija tinteszivs sotong kecil inktvis blekksprut mątwa pota sepie каракатица sépia sipa sipa bläckfisk ปลาหมึก mürekkep balığı 烏賊，墨魚 каракатиця دوشاخہ مچهلى món cô lét cá 乌贼，墨鱼
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