CUTTLEFISH

Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish are marine animals of the order Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda, which also includes squid, octopuses and nautiluses. 'Cuttle' is a reference to their unique internal shell, the cuttlebone. Despite their name, cuttlefish are not fish but molluscs.

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cuttlefish

Noun

  1. Any of various squidlike cephalopod marine mollusks of the genus that have ten arms and a calcareous internal shell and eject a dark inky fluid when in danger.


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