cuttlefish
/ˈkʌtlfɪʃ/noun
(复同单, 或-fishes)
1- a swimming marine mollusc that resembles a broad-bodied squid, having eight arms and two long tentacles that are used for grabbing prey. Its internal skeleton is the familiar cuttlebone, which it uses for adjusting buoyancy.墨鱼, 乌贼。
1.1
- Order Sepioidea, class Cephalopoda: Sepia and other genera.乌贼目, 头足纲:乌贼属及其他属。
词源
late 16th cent.: from CUTTLE + FISH1 .