CUTTLEBONE

Meaning of CUTTLEBONE in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: cuttle (I) + bone

: the shell or bone of cuttlefishes used for making polishing powder or for hanging in bird cages to supply lime and salts

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

CUTTLEBONE — noun Etymology: Middle English cotul cuttlefish (from Old English cudele) + English bone Date: 1547 the shell of a cuttlefish …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CUTTLEBONE — /kut"l bohn'/ , n. the calcareous internal shell of cuttlefishes, used to make powder for polishing and fed to canaries …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUTTLEBONE — noun Etymology: Middle English cotul cuttlefish (from Old English cudele ) + English bone Date: 1547 : the shell of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CUTTLEBONE — ■ noun the flattened internal skeleton of the cuttlefish, used as a dietary supplement for cage birds and for making …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CUTTLEBONE — [cut.tle.bone] n [ME cotul cuttlefish (fr. OE cudele) + E bone] (1547): the shell of cuttlefishes that is sometimes used …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CUTTLEBONE — cuttlebone BrE AmE ˈkʌt ə l bəʊn AmE \ ˈkʌt̬ ə l boʊn
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CUTTLEBONE — n. Pronunciation: ' k ə -t ə l- ˌ b ō n Function: noun Etymology: Middle English cotul cuttlefish (fr. …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SEPIOLITE — noun Etymology: German Sepiolith, from Greek sēpion cuttlebone (from sēpia) + German -lith -lite Date: 1854 meerschaum 1
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CUTTLEFISH — Any of about 100 species of marine cephalopods in the order Sepioidea, characterized by a thick, internal calcium-containing shell called …
Английский словарь Британика
SEPIUM — ˈsēpēəm noun ( plural se·pia -pēə) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek sēpion, from sēpia cuttlefish : cuttlebone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEPIOLITE — ˈsēpēəˌlīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: German sepiolith, from Greek sēpion cuttlebone + German -lith -lite : meerschaum 1
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEPIOLITE — /see"pee euh luyt'/ , n. Mineral. meerschaum (def. 1). [ 1850-55; Sepiolit sépio ( n ) cuttlebone, pounce (deriv. of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POUNCE — pounce 1 — pouncingly , adv. /powns/ , v. , pounced, pouncing , n. v.i. 1. to swoop down suddenly …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUTTLE — cuttle 1 /kut"l/ , n. 1. cuttlefish. 2. cuttlebone. [ bef. 1000; late ME codel, OE cudele (replaced in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEPIOLITE — noun Etymology: German Sepiolith, from Greek sēpion cuttlebone (from sēpia ) + German -lith -lite Date: 1854 : meerschaum 1
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEPIOLITE — [se.pi.o.lite] n [G Sepiolith, fr. Gk sepion cuttlebone (fr. sepia) + G -lith -lite] (1854): meerschaum 1
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CUTTLEFISH — any of several marine cephalopods of the order Sepioidea, related to the octopus and squid and characterized by a thick, …
Britannica English vocabulary
CUTTLEFISH — n. Any of about 100 species of marine cephalopods in the order Sepioidea, characterized by a thick, internal calcium-containing shell …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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