单词 | cuttle shell |
释义 | > as lemmascuttle shell attributive and in other combinations (of cuttle and cuttlefish), as cuttle shell, cuttle-bone n.; cuttlefish tribe. ΚΠ 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 516 The Cuttle-fish tribe. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 68 Cuttle Bones, produced by the Sepia or Cuttle Fish. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Dec. 2/2 To enter into a dispute..with such a cuttle-fish controversialist. 1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 18 Is he trying to run a motion through under cover of a cloud of words, essaying the well-known ‘cuttle-fish trick’ of the West? < as lemmas |
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