Cuttle bone
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cuttle-bone — cuttˈle bone or cuttlefish bone noun The internal shell of the cuttlefish, used for making tooth powder, for polishing the softer metals and for cage birds to sharpen their beaks on • • • Main Entry: ↑cuttle … Useful english dictionary
cuttle bone — (MOLLUSCA: Cephalopoda) The internal calcified shell remnant of cuttlefish … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
cuttle — n. = CUTTLEFISH. Phrases and idioms: cuttle bone the internal shell of the cuttlefish crushed and used for polishing teeth etc. or as a supplement to the diet of a cage bird. Etymology: OE cudele, ME codel, rel. to cod bag, with ref. to its ink… … Useful english dictionary
cuttlefish bone — cuttˈle bone or cuttlefish bone noun The internal shell of the cuttlefish, used for making tooth powder, for polishing the softer metals and for cage birds to sharpen their beaks on • • • Main Entry: ↑cuttle … Useful english dictionary
sepium — L. cuttle bone. Spikelets the shape of a cuttle bone … Etymological dictionary of grasses
sepiost — seˈpiost or sepiostaireˈ / stār/ (Fr sépiostaire, from Gr osteon bone) or seˈpium noun Cuttle bone • • • Main Entry: ↑sepia … Useful english dictionary
sepiostaire — seˈpiost or sepiostaireˈ / stār/ (Fr sépiostaire, from Gr osteon bone) or seˈpium noun Cuttle bone • • • Main Entry: ↑sepia … Useful english dictionary
rostrum — n.; pl. tra [L. rostrum, beak] 1. A beak or snout; see rostellum. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) The labrum of spiders. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) The median pointed process at the end of the cephalothorax. a. In thoracic barnacles, a valve between … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
List of Dickensian characters — This is a list of characters in the works of Charles Dickens. Contents: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | … Wikipedia
σηπία — σηπίᾱ , σηπία cuttle fish fem nom/voc/acc dual σηπίᾱ , σηπία cuttle fish fem nom/voc sg (attic doric aeolic) σηπίον bone of the sepia neut nom/voc/acc pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
