[kuht-l-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | any of several cephalopods, esp. of the genus Sepia, having eight arms with suckers and two tentacles, and ejecting a black, inklike fluid when in danger. |
cut·tle·fish (kŭt'l-fĭsh')  (click for larger image in new window) n. pl. cuttlefish or cut·tle·fish·es Any of various squidlike cephalopod marine mollusks of the genus Sepia that have ten arms and a calcareous internal shell and eject a dark inky fluid when in danger. [Middle English codel, cotil, cuttlefish (from Old English cudele) + fish.] |
