"cuttlebone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌtl̩bəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkʌt(ə)lˌboʊn/ [General-American], [-ɾ(ə)l-] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuttlebone.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cuttlebones [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English cotilbone [and other forms], from cotil, cutil, codel (“cuttlefish; cuttlebone”) (from Old English cudele (“cuttlefish”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, to curve; an arch; a vault”)) + bon (“bone”) (from Old English bān (“bone”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, strike; to cut, hew”)). The English word is analysable as cuttle (“cuttlefish”) + bone. Etymology templates: {{vern|kisslip cuttlefish}} kisslip cuttlefish, {{taxlink|Sepia lycidas|species}} Sepia lycidas, {{root|en|ine-pro|*gew-|*bʰeyh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|cotilbone}} Middle English cotilbone, {{nb...|cothellbone, cotill bone, cutyl bone|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{m|enm|cotil}} cotil, {{m|enm|cutil}} cutil, {{m|enm|codel|t=cuttlefish; cuttlebone}} codel (“cuttlefish; cuttlebone”), {{inh|en|ang|cudele|t=cuttlefish}} Old English cudele (“cuttlefish”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*gew-|t=to bend, to curve; an arch; a vault}} Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, to curve; an arch; a vault”), {{m|enm|bon|t=bone}} bon (“bone”), {{inh|en|ang|bān|t=bone}} Old English bān (“bone”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*bʰeyh₂-|t=to hit, strike; to cut, hew}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, strike; to cut, hew”), {{compound|en|cuttle|bone|notext=1|t1=cuttlefish|type=exocentric}} cuttle (“cuttlefish”) + bone Head templates: {{en-noun}} cuttlebone (plural cuttlebones)
  1. Synonym of cuttlefish bone (“the calcareous, oval-shaped internal shell of a cuttlefish (order Sepiida), originally used in powdered form as an antacid and for absorbing moisture or polishing objects, and now chiefly as a dietary supplement for cage birds”) Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Synonyms: sepiostaire [archaic], sepium [archaic], cuttlefish bone [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: cuttle, cuttlefish

Inflected forms

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