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UK
/kˈʌtəlfɪʃ/
]
[ US /ˈkətəɫˌfɪʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈkətəɫˌfɪʃ/ ]
NOUN
- ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
How To Use cuttlefish In A Sentence
- Shrimp, octopus, clam, cuttlefish and crabmeat cooked with tomato sauce and Black Forest apple tea.
- The whale's prey includes squid, cuttlefish, herring, and sea stars, or starfish.
- You could add a piece of cuttlefish bone, which is high in calcium, and would dissolve in the water.
- Fish , clam, cuttlefish, shrimp and octopus flavored with white wine and saffron.
- It is a typical Catalan affair: a lobster and rice stew, cuttlefish black in their own ink, grilled prawns, bread rubbed with tomato and drizzled with oil, and, to finish, a Cadaqués speciality, "taps" - sweet, very light plain sponge cakes bought from a patisserie around the headland that morning. Life and style | guardian.co.uk
- As it swims over different areas of seabed, a cuttlefish can change colour almost instantly to match its surroundings, taking on a dark brown shade over kelp and turning almost white over sand.
- I watched an episode of PBS “Nature” the other day about how so called transvestite male cuttlefish, since they mimic females, managed to be more reproductively successful than the ordinary males. Crackergate
- Nautilus shells are often used decoratively, and the internal shell of a cuttlefish, or cuttle bone, is sold in the pet trade as a calcium source for birds.
- While called "cuttlefish," these animals are actually not fish at all-they are members of the class Cephalopoda, which also includes octopus, squid, and the chambered nautilus. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
- The same power of rapid colour-change is seen in cuttlefishes, where it is often an expression of nervous excitement, though it sometimes helps to conceal. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told