cuttlefishnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkʌt.əl.fɪʃ/us/ˈkʌt̬.əl.fɪʃ/plural cuttlefish or cuttlefishesa sea creature with eight arms and two tentacles that has a wide, flat shell inside its body and lives in waters near the coast and near the bottom of the sea
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- A troop of cuttlefish swimming in the sea is a beautiful sight.
- Cuttlefishes, by discharging sepia from their ink-bags, are able to throw dust in the eyes of their enemies.
- It served as both nest and nourishment for myriads of crustaceans and mollusks, for crabs and cuttlefish.
- Strolling along the sands one day, he observed a stranded cuttlefish.
- There are seventy sorts of cuttlefish and octopuses in Japanese waters.