cuttlebone

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English

WOTD – 24 October 2023

Etymology

The lower surface of a cuttlebone, probably of a kisslip cuttlefish (Sepia lycidas).

From Middle English cotilbone , 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

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”)
    Synonyms: (archaic) sepiostaire, (archaic) sepium

Translations

synonym of cuttlefish bone — see cuttlefish bone

References

  1. ^ “codel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “bōn, n.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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