cuttlefish

Meanings

Plural: cuttlefish, cuttlefishes

Noun

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

Origin / Etymology

From cuttle + fish.

Synonyms

cuttle, inkfish, sepia

Scrabble Score: 18

cuttlefish is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cuttlefish is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 20

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