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- [kuht-l-fish]
- /ˈkʌt lˌfɪʃ/
- /ˈkʌt.l̩.fɪʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kuht-l-fish]
- /ˈkʌt lˌfɪʃ/
Definitions of cuttlefish word
- countable noun cuttlefish A cuttlefish is a sea animal that has a soft body and a hard shell inside. 3
- noun cuttlefish any cephalopod mollusc of the genus Sepia and related genera, which occur near the bottom of inshore waters and have a broad flattened body: order Decapoda (decapods) 3
- noun cuttlefish any of a family (Sepiidae) of cephalopods that have suckers on their eight arms and two tentacles, a hard internal shell, large complex eyes, and a water-ejecting jetlike siphon for locomotion: when in danger, most cuttlefishes eject a dark-brown, inklike fluid 3
- noun plural cuttlefish any of several cephalopods, especially of the genus Sepia, having eight arms with suckers and two tentacles, and ejecting a black, inklike fluid when in danger. 1
- noun cuttlefish A swimming marine mollusk that resembles a broad squid, having eight arms and two long tentacles that are used for grabbing prey. Its internal skeleton is cuttlebone, which it uses for adjusting buoyancy. 1
- noun cuttlefish cephalopod similar to a squid 1
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Origin of cuttlefish
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English codel, Old English cudele cuttlefish + fish
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Parts of speech for Cuttlefish
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cuttlefish popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cuttlefish usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cuttlefish
noun cuttlefish
- clam — Clams are a kind of shellfish which can be eaten.
- abalone — Abalone is a shellfish that you can eat and that has a shiny substance called mother-of-pearl inside its shell.
- snail — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- whelk — a pimple or pustule.
- chiton — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a loose woollen tunic worn knee length by men and full length by women
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