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
- 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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