cuttlefish

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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.

A foul-mouthed fellow.

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The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. George Orwell

All sorts of things are curried in Malaysia, including mutton, chicken, shrimp, cuttlefish, fish, aubergines, eggs, and vegetables. Source: Internet

Coleoid cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish) have a single photoreceptor type and lack the ability to determine color by comparing detected photon intensity across multiple spectral channels. Source: Internet

Extra calcium is required, especially by laying hens; it can be supplied in the form of shell grit, or cuttlefish bone. Source: Internet

However, all molluscan shells are formed from the ectoderm (outer layer of the embryo); in cuttlefish (Sepia spp. Source: Internet

The crudo --- fluke with young olive oil, Meyer lemon and sea salt --- was refreshing, and I'd like to go back for the tuna five ways and "Lissa's staff meal," a dish of cuttlefish noodles with a cracked quail egg, fresh wasabi, sea urchin and soy sauce. Source: Internet

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