cuttlebone

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkʌtəlˌbəʊn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kut′l bōn′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cut•tle•bone  (kut′l bōn′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Invertebratesthe 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.
  • cuttle(fish) + bone 1805–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cuttlebone /ˈkʌtəlˌbəʊn/ n
  1. the internal calcareous shell of the cuttlefish, used as a mineral supplement to the diet of cage-birds and as a polishing agent
'cuttlebone' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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