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Cuttlefish

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cuttlenounSynonym of cuttlefish.

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cuttlenounSynonym of cuttlefish.
squidnounAny of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
sepianoun(uncountable) A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
pourcuttlenoun(obsolete) A cephalopod with tentacles; an octopus or cuttlefish.
cuttlefish bonenounThe calcareous, oval-shaped internal shell of a cuttlefish (order Sepiida), originally used in powdered form as an antacid and for absorbing moisture or polishing objects, and now chiefly as a dietary supplement for cage birds.
octopusnoun(countable, loosely) Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
reef squidnounAny of various species in the genus Sepioteuthis of squid with large, rounded fins, resembling cuttlefish.
sea-sleevenoun(archaic) A cuttlefish.
sepiadariidnoun(zoology) Any cuttlefish in the family Sepiadariidae.
sepioidnounA member of a clade of cephalopods including the cuttlefish and related species, typically held to include bottletail squid, bobtail squid and pygmy squid.
cephalopodnounAny mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.
scuttlefishnounSynonym of cuttlefish.
octapusnounMisspelling of octopus. [(countable, loosely) Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.]
bobtail squidnounA cephalopod of the order Sepiolida.
decapodnounA decapod, the 0-10-0 (UK) and 2-10-0 steam locomotive configurations.
flamboyant cuttlefishnounA brightly-coloured species of cuttlefish, Metasepia pfefferi, found in tropical Indo-Pacific waters.
oval squidnounA type of squid with large, rounded fins resembling a cuttlefish, Sepioteuthis lessoniana.
coleoidnounA cephalopod of the subclass Coleoidea, including octopuses, squid and cuttlefish.
sepiolidnoun(biology) Any of the order Sepiolida of bobtail squids.
inkfishnoun(colloquial) An octopus or squid.

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