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cuttlefish

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cut·tle·fish /ˈkʌtlˌfɪʃ/ noun (plural cuttlefish) [countable]  a sea creature with ten soft arms 乌贼,墨鱼
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cuttlefishIn the Far East the stomach of one whale was found to contain the indigestible beaks of 20,000 cuttlefish.You could add a piece of cuttlefish bone, which is high in calcium, and would dissolve in the water.It houses sea snails, cockles, mussels, large fish, squid, cuttlefish, octopuses, shrimps and crabs.For example, the cuttlefish, when attacked, releases a large blob of ink into the water.It can be a little disturbing at times, and there's none I feel more sorry for than the cuttlefish.Floating in the water it is suddenly more noticeable than the cuttlefish itself.
cut·tle·fish nounChineseSyllable
arms creature ten a Corpus sea soft with


cuttlefish
cuttlefish /ˈkʌtlˌfɪʃ/ noun (plural cuttlefish) [countable]
a sea creature with ten soft arms


cuttle·fishBrE /ˈkʌtlfɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkʌtlfɪʃ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
cuttle·fish
)
a sea creature with eight arms, two tentacles (= long thin parts like arms) and a wide flat shell inside its body, that produces a black substance like ink when it is attacked 乌贼;墨鱼;墨斗鱼