Meaning

1 senses
  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.

    Tintenfisch, Kuttelfisch

    карака́тицаkarakática

    карака́тицяkarakátycja

More definitions
  • ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Let us weigh one catty of cuttlefish.

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  2. This cuttlefish has started to lose its freshness.

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  3. You can buy cuttlefish at the fish market.

    ruНа рыбном базаре можно купить каракатицу.

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  4. Some cuttlefish have shells.

    ruНекоторые каракатицы имеют раковины.

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  5. A cuttlefish has ten arms.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
any of various squidlike mollusks:
Русский
By meaning 1
any of various squidlike mollusks:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any of various squidlike mollusks:

Origin

From cuttle + fish.

From cuttle + fish.

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Forms

plural: cuttlefishes / cuttlefish
Singularcuttlefish
Pluralcuttlefishes / cuttlefish

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell:cuttle

Word family

3 related words

See also

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