cuttlefish
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Cuttlefish hails from the Mediterranean and looks like a mix of squid and octopus.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2021
The Cuttlefish, a firm with expertise in high-tech immersion experiences, was brought on for what its founder, Evan Schechtman, described on a recent tour of the site as a “shed décor project.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2021
Cuttlefish hatch as miniature versions of adults rather than having a larval phase like many octopus and squid, which in his experience makes feeding and caring for cuttlefish easier.
From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2021
Cuttlefish and their kin form tentacles by deploying the same genes that direct the growth of arms in humans and legs in spiders — despite the fact that these animal groups evolved limbs independently.
From Nature • Jun. 20, 2019
Tell us of thy food,—those half-marine refections, Crinoids on the shell and Brachipods au naturel,— Cuttlefish to which the pieuvre of Victor Hugo Seems a periwinkle.
From Complete Poetical Works by Harte, Bret
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Marine Biology - Middle School
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Marine Biology - High School
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