单词 | cuttlebone |
释义 | cuttlebone[ kuht-l-bohn ] / ˈkʌt lˌboʊn / nounthe calcareous internal shell of cuttlefishes, used to make powder for polishing and fed to canaries and other pet birds to supply their diet with lime. Origin of cuttleboneFirst recorded in 1805–15; cuttle(fish) + bone Words nearby cuttlebonecutting grass, cutting horse, cutting oil, cutting room, cuttle, cuttlebone, cuttlefish, cut to the bone, cut to the chase, cut to the quick, cutty Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cuttlebone
British Dictionary definitions for cuttlebonecuttlebone / (ˈkʌtəlˌbəʊn) / nounthe internal calcareous shell of the cuttlefish, used as a mineral supplement to the diet of cage-birds and as a polishing agent Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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