Definitions for cuttlebones

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cuttlebones cut·tle·bone

Spelling: [kuht-l-bohn]

IPA: /ˈkʌt lˌboʊn/

Cuttlebones is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 767 anagrams from letters in cuttlebones (bceelnosttu).

Definitions for cuttlebones

noun

1. the calcareous internal shell of cuttlefishes, used to make powder for polishing and fed to canaries and other pet birds to supply their diet with lime.

Origin of cuttlebones

First recorded in 1805-15; cuttle(fish) + bone

Examples for cuttlebones

There were crushed pieces of calcined material that looked like cuttlebone.

Of such is the cuttlebone of commerce, which is a calcareous leaf-like body obtained from Sepia, the cuttlefish.