cuttlefish

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.

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[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

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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]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

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Translations

صَبيْدِج، حَبّار

sépie

blæksprutte

Tintenfisch

jibiasepia

mustekalaseepia

seiche

smokkfiskur

seppiacalamaro

sepija

tinteszivs

zeekat

blekksprut

choco

каракатицасепия

mürekkep balığı

乌贼墨鱼

cuttlefish

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

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cuttlefish

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

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cuttlefish

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

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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. inkvis صَبيْدِج، حَبّار (حيوان هُلامي) сепия lula sépie der Tintenfisch blæksprutte σουπιάsepia seepia ماهی مرکب mustekala seiche דְיוֹנוֹן दस भुजी समुद्री जीव sipa tintahal cumi-cumi smokkfiskur seppia いか 오징어 sepija tinteszivs sotong kecil inktvisblekksprutmątwa ماهی 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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