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Definition of cuttlefish noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cuttlefish

noun
 
/ˈkʌtlfɪʃ/
 
/ˈkʌtlfɪʃ/
(plural cuttlefish)
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  1. a sea creature with eight arms, two tentacles (= long thin parts like arms) and a wide flat shell inside its body. It produces a black substance like ink when it is attacked.Topics Fish and shellfishc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from cuttle + fish.
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