cuttlefish
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"The cuttlefish population estimate rebounded to more than 100,000 just two years following the low numbers in 2013," the spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
His team also tracked adult cuttlefish numbers during the dive survey, and said the dozen or so they saw - when there should have been tens of thousands - appeared to be behaving differently.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
"While it appears likely the algal bloom has impacted cuttlefish numbers, researchers are working to determine whether this contributed to the reduced population or was just one of the potential impacts."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
This structure varies widely, from the rounded cuttlebone in cuttlefish to the thin, blade-like gladius in many squid, as well as the spiral shell of the ram's horn squid.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026
Monstrously large as the place was, the floor soon was filled with the thick flood of cuttlefish which swarmed in from many doors.
From Astounding Stories, February, 1931 by Harry Bates
Roger Hanlon of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., and his colleagues recently discovered that cuttlefishes actively express opsin genes throughout their skin, particularly in their fins and underbellies.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 20, 2012
Presumably the octopus and cuttlefish employ the same method of self-defense; they are not the only ones: Extremely sly and subtle fishes Are octopi or cuttlefishes.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are wonderfully complete fossil series, e.g. among cuttlefishes, in which we can almost see evolution in process.
From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by J. Arthur Thomson
The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cupÐshaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S by Project Gutenberg
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