Old English cudele; related to Old High German kiot bag, Norwegian dialect kaule cuttle, Old English codd bag
cuttlefish in British English
(ˈkʌtəlˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: plural-fish or -fishes
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
cuttlebone in British English
(ˈkʌtəlˌbəʊn)
noun
the internal calcareous shell of the cuttlefish, used as a mineral supplement to the diet of cage-birds and as a polishing agent
cuttle in American English1
(ˈkʌtl)
noun
1.
cuttlefish
2.
cuttlebone
Word origin
[bef. 1000; late ME codel, OE cudele (replaced in the 16th century by cuttlefish and subsequently reshortened)]
cuttle in American English2
(ˈkʌtl)
transitive verbWord forms: -tled, -tling Textiles
1.
to fold (cloth) face to face after finishing
2.
to allow (cloth) to lie without further treatment after fulling, milling, scouring, etc
Word origin
[1535–45; orig. uncert.]This word is first recorded in the period 1535–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: agglutination, protocol, symmetry, tracer, troop