pourcuttle

词形变化

pourcuttles 复数 pourcuttles

别名

pourcontrell pourcontrel pourcoutrel

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cephalopod with tentacles; an octopus or cuttlefish.

    废旧

词源

Uncertain first element + cuttle. The OED takes the forms with con to be easy misreadings of the earlier-attested cou (compare e.g. ouarine, a misreading of ouariue), but says pour- "can hardly stand for an earlier poul-" as on poulpe, polyp (compare polwygle, porwiggle as variants of pollywog).

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