Dictionary

cuttlefish en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /-təɹ-/ (General-American) common but proscribed
• /ˈkʌt(ə)lfɪʃ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkʌtl̩fɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [-ɾ(ə)l] (General-American)

Etymology

From cuttle + fish.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened.
   • Fossilised ink sacs are more conclusively known from the extinct “soft-bodied” Coleoidea cephalopods in groups Belemitida (including belemnites with bullet-like internal skeletons commonly found as fossils) and Phragmoteuthida as well as from squid, octopus and cuttlefish fossils. 2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian:
   • Cuttle-fish, spiced oysters, sea hedge-hogs, and lobsters were among the ingredients of love-potions that reputed thaumaturgist Apuleius [...] was accused of have prepared in order to win the love of a widow. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 72:

Forms

Coordinates

squid · nautilus · octopus

Deriveds

cuttlefish bone · cuttlebone · common cuttlefish

Hypernyms

animal · mollusc · creature · organism · cephalopod

Synonyms

inkfish · cuttle · sepia

Translations (104)

gd giobanach (any of various squidlike mollusks) · my ကင်းမွန် (any of various squidlike mollusks) · it seppia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · el σουπιά (any of various squidlike mollusks) · de Kuttelfisch (any of various squidlike mollusks) · gd sùil-thòine (any of various squidlike mollusks) · de Tintenfisch (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ru карака́тица (any of various squidlike mollusks) · az mürəkkəbböcəyi (any of various squidlike mollusks) · th หมึกกระดอง (any of various squidlike mollusks) · sl sipa (any of various squidlike mollusks) · cy ystifflog (any of various squidlike mollusks) · hi समुद्रफेनी (any of various squidlike mollusks) · gl sepia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · hu tintahal (any of various squidlike mollusks) · io sepio (any of various squidlike mollusks) · kmr supya (any of various squidlike mollusks) · bg се́пия (any of various squidlike mollusks) · sq sepje (any of various squidlike mollusks) · th ปลาหมึก (any of various squidlike mollusks) · gl chopo (any of various squidlike mollusks) · kxd sutung (any of various squidlike mollusks) · pl sepia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · pt choco (any of various squidlike mollusks) · km យៀវហ៊ឺ (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ky каракатица (any of various squidlike mollusks) · dlm agaun (any of various squidlike mollusks) · lt sepija (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ast xisga (any of various squidlike mollusks) · grc σηπία (any of various squidlike mollusks) · es jibia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · es sepia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ar حَبَّار (any of various squidlike mollusks) · da blæksprutte (any of various squidlike mollusks) · fr seiche (any of various squidlike mollusks) · be сэпія (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ast xibia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · nrf seiche (any of various squidlike mollusks) · et seepia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · cmn 烏賊 /乌贼 (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ka სეპია (any of various squidlike mollusks) · hy թանաքաձուկ (any of various squidlike mollusks) · la saepia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ug سىياھبېلىق (any of various squidlike mollusks) · nl zeekat (any of various squidlike mollusks) · be карака́ціца (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ota مركب بالغی (any of various squidlike mollusks) · tg рӯдапо (any of various squidlike mollusks) · mk се́пија (any of various squidlike mollusks) · fa سپیداج (any of various squidlike mollusks) · tg каракатиса (any of various squidlike mollusks) · nv łóóʼ bigaan neeznání bitsʼinígíí (any of various squidlike mollusks) · id sotong (any of various squidlike mollusks) · cs sépie (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ka მელანთევზი (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ms sotong katak (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ca sèpia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · sh си̏па (any of various squidlike mollusks) · tr mürekkep balığı (any of various squidlike mollusks) · fi seepia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ja 烏賊 (any of various squidlike mollusks) · sk sépia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · kk каракатица (any of various squidlike mollusks) · eo sepio (any of various squidlike mollusks) · gd giobarnach (any of various squidlike mollusks) · hu szépia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · uk карака́тиця (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ca sépia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · es choco (any of various squidlike mollusks) · cy twyllwr du (any of various squidlike mollusks) · gd eò (any of various squidlike mollusks) · mk си́па (any of various squidlike mollusks) · pl mątwa (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ko 오징어 (any of various squidlike mollusks) · pt siba (any of various squidlike mollusks) · lo ປາມຶກ (any of various squidlike mollusks) · sq cupije (any of various squidlike mollusks) · la sepia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · lv sēpija (any of various squidlike mollusks) · gd faobhag (any of various squidlike mollusks) · gl choco (any of various squidlike mollusks) · tg каракатитса (any of various squidlike mollusks) · uz karakatitsa (any of various squidlike mollusks) · scn siccia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · lo ປາໝຶກ (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ml കണവ (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ja イカ (any of various squidlike mollusks) · sh sȉpa (any of various squidlike mollusks) · fa دهپا (any of various squidlike mollusks) · he דְּיוֹנוּן (any of various squidlike mollusks) · kk тарбақ аяқ (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ga gunnadóir (any of various squidlike mollusks) · nb blekksprut (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ta கணவாய் (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ro sepie (any of various squidlike mollusks) · is blekfiskur (any of various squidlike mollusks) · cy pibwr inc (any of various squidlike mollusks) · pt sépia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · gl xiba (any of various squidlike mollusks) · ca sípia (any of various squidlike mollusks) · vi mực nang (any of various squidlike mollusks) · gd gibneach (any of various squidlike mollusks) · cy môr-gyllell (any of various squidlike mollusks) · sv bläckfisk (any of various squidlike mollusks)