cuttlebone

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʌtl̩bəʊn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʌt(ə)lˌboʊn/, [-ɾ(ə)l-] Hyphenation: cut‧tle‧bone === Noun === cuttlebone (plural cuttlebones) 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”). Synonyms: (archaic) sepiostaire, (archaic) sepium, (archaic) osselet ==== Related terms ==== cuttle cuttlefish ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === cuttlebone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “cuttle-bone, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023. “cuttlebone, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.