CUTTLEBONE

Meaning of CUTTLEBONE in English

/kut"l bohn'/ , n.

the calcareous internal shell of cuttlefishes, used to make powder for polishing and fed to canaries and other pet birds to supply their diet with lime.

[ 1805-15; CUTTLE(FISH) + BONE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 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 — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: cuttle (I) + bone : the shell or bone of cuttlefishes used for making polishing powder or …
Webster's New International 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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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