See Also: cuttle(1)(dictionary)
cuttle(2)(dictionary)
cuttle(dictionary)

cuttle(2) (iou)



cuttle noun1.
[Old English cudele, corresp. to Old Low Frankish cudele, Norwegian dial. kaule, from base of COD noun1, with allus. to its ink-bag.]
= CUTTLEFISH.
Comb.: cuttle-bone the thick light shell inside a cuttlefish, now crushed for use as a dietary supplement for cage-birds.