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Webster 1913 Edition
Cuttlefish
{
Cut′tle
(kŭt′t’l)
, Cut′tle-fishˊ
(-fĭshˊ)
, } Noun.
[OE.
codule
, AS. cudele
; akin to G. kuttelfish
; cf. G. kötel
, D. keutel
, dirt from the guts, G. kuttel
bowels, entrails. AS. cwiþ
womb, Goth. qiþus
belly, womb.] 1.
(Zool.)
A cephalopod of the genus
Sepia
, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally. ☞ It has an ink bag, opening into the siphon, from which, when pursued, it throws out a dark liquid that clouds the water, enabling it to escape observation.
2.
A foul-mouthed fellow.
“An you play the saucy cuttle with me.” Shak.