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Osselet :: Osselet (n.) The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish..

Cuttlefish :: Cuttlefish (n.) A foul-mouthed fellow.

Sepidaceous :: Sepidaceous (a.) Like or pertaining to the cuttlefishes of the genus Sepia.

Shell :: Shell (n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like..

Melain :: Melain (n.) The dark coloring matter of the liquid of the cuttlefish.

Inkfish :: Inkfish (n.) A cuttlefish. See Cuttlefish.

Sepia :: Sepia (n.) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish.

Sepiostare :: Sepiostare (n.) The bone or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under Cuttlefish.

Sepia :: Sepia (n.) A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India..

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.

Decacerata :: Decacerata (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata..

Cuttle Bone :: Cuttle bone () The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc..

Acetabuliferous :: Acetabuliferous (a.) Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc..

Acetabulifera :: Acetabulifera (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda..

Sound :: Sound (n.) A cuttlefish.

Pounce :: Pounce (n.) A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript..

Cuttlefish :: Cuttlefish (n.) A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally..

Sepia :: Sepia (n.) The common European cuttlefish.

Decapoda :: Decapoda (n. pl.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.

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