noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of cuttlefish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cuttlefish
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cuttle
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/ˈkʌtəl/
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noun
Meaning 2
A knife.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A foul-mouthed fellow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cuttlefish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decapod
History
Etymology
From Middle English cutil, codel, codul, from Old English cudele (“cuttlefish”), a diminutive from Proto-Germanic *kudulǭ, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô + -ulǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Equivalent to cod + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare dialectal German Kudele (“cuttlefish”), Norwegian kaule (“cuttlefish”).
From Middle English coutel, from Old French coutel, coltel, cultel, from Latin cultellus. Doublet of couteau. See cutlass.