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| cut·tle·fish [ kútt'l fìsh ] (plural cut·tle·fish or cut·tle·fish·es) |
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bottom-dwelling mollusk with internal shell: an invertebrate sea animal that lives on the ocean floor and has ten arms, a flattened body, and an internal shell. Cuttlefish eject a dark inky fluid as a defense mechanism. Genus Sepia.
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| [Late 16th century. < Old English cudele, related to cod2 "bag"; from its shape] |
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