Definition of cuttlefish Cuttlefish

/kʌˈtʌlfɪˌʃ/ - [kutulfish] - cut•tle•fish

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What does cuttlefish mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: cuttlefishes
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

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Wiktionary

cuttlefish (Noun)
Any of various squidlike cephalopod marine mollusks of the genus that have ten arms and a calcareous internal shell and eject a dark inky fluid when in danger.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

cuttlefish (n.)
A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally.
cuttlefish (n.)
A foul-mouthed fellow.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

cuttlefish
A marine mollusk (cephalopod), able to throw a black liquor and having in the back a brittle bone.

Wikipedia

Cuttlefish are sea animals of the order Sepiida belonging to the Cephalopoda class (which also includes squid, octopuses and nautiluses). Despite their common name, cuttlefish are not fish, but molluscs.

Cuttlefish have an internal shell (called cuttlebone), large eyes, and eight arms and two tentacles furnished with denticulated, or finely toothed, suckers, with which they secure their prey.

Cuttlefish eat small molluscs, crabs, shrimp, fish and other cuttlefish, but can be eaten by predators, including sharks, fish, and other cuttlefish. They live about 1 to 2 years.

Cuttlebone.

Cuttlefish have an internal structure called the cuttlebone. This is composed of calcium carbonate. It is porous, or full of small holes, in order to allow the cuttlefish the swim, not sink. Its buoyancy can change (for example, allowing the cuttlefish to go lower or higher) by changing the amount of gas and liquid in the chambers of the cuttlebone. Each species has a distinct shape, size, and pattern of ridges or texture on the cuttlebone. Cuttlebones are traditionally used by jewelers and silversmiths as molds for casting small objects. They are probably better known today as the tough material given to parakeets and other pet birds as a source of calcium for their diets. The cuttlebone is only found in cuttlefish, and is one of the features that makes them different from squid and other molluscs.

Changing color.

Cuttlefish are sometimes called the chameleon of the sea because they are able to cha