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Noun: cuttlefish  'kú-t(u)l,fish
  1. Ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
    "Cuttlefish are masters of camouflage, rapidly changing their skin colour and pattern";
    - cuttle

Derived forms: cuttlefishes

Type of: decapod

Part of: genus Sepia, Sepia

Encyclopedia: Cuttlefish