Meaning Of The Word Cuttlefish

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cuttlefish
countable noun: A cuttlefish is a sea animal that has a soft body and a hard shell inside.

cuttlefish in American English
any of a family (Sepiidae) of cephalopods that have suckers on their eight arms and two tentacles, a hard internal shell, large complex eyes, and a water-ejecting jetlike siphon for locomotion: when in danger, most cuttlefishes eject a dark-brown, inklike
noun: any of several cephalopods, esp. of the genus Sepia, having eight arms with suckers and two tentacles, and ejecting a black, inklike fluid when in danger

cuttlefish in British English
noun: 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)

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