CUTTLEFISH


Meaning of CUTTLEFISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌfish ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English cotul + English fish

Date: circa 1828

: any of various marine cephalopod mollusks (order Sepioidea, especially genus Sepia ) having eight short arms and two usually longer tentacles and differing from the related squid in having a calcified internal shell

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.