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Cuttle; Cuttlefish
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. 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.
2. A foul-mouthed fellow. "An you play the saucy cuttle me." Shak.