Synonyms for cuttlefish


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuht-l-fish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌt lˌfɪʃ


Définition of cuttlefish

Origin :
  • Old English cudele "the cuttlefish;" first element perhaps related to Middle Low German küdel "container, pocket;" Old Norse koddi "cushion, testicle;" and Old English codd (see cod).
  • As in mollusk : noun invertebrate
Example sentences :
  • A troop of cuttlefish swimming in the sea is a beautiful sight.
  • Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
  • Aristotle recognises that all his cuttlefish are alike in structure.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • But he does think, slowly and tenaciously, as a cuttlefish grips.
  • Extract from : « A Poor Man's House » by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
  • Why not some strange thing of the air, as a cuttlefish is of the sea?
  • Extract from : « The Wind Bloweth » by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
  • Gods, too, especially when these gods happen to be cuttlefish, might be petrified.
  • Extract from : « Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 » by Andrew Lang
  • Its usual food, however, appears to be cuttlefish and sorrel.
  • Extract from : « British Sea Birds » by Charles Dixon
  • She leaned a bit heavily on the arm she took as they left the cuttlefish to his ill-conditioned solitude.
  • Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
  • He that uses many words for the explaining of any subject doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself in his own ink.
  • Extract from : « The Style Book of The Detroit News » by The Detroit News
  • We were very much interested in the article about the cuttlefish or octopus found on the coast of Florida, in Number 16.
  • Extract from : « The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, April 22, 1897, Vol. 1, No. 24 » by Various
  • He had no more sentiment left in him than a cuttlefish—was the result of the mental contrast which she drew.
  • Extract from : « The Triumph of Hilary Blachland » by Bertram Mitford

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