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What (who) is cuttlebone - definition

HARD, BRITTLE INTERNAL STRUCTURE FOUND IN ALL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY SEPIIDAE
Cuttle-bone; Cuttle bone; Cuttlefish bone; Endoconcha sepiae
  • Fossil cuttlebone of the [[Pliocene]] species ''[[Sepia rugulosa]]''
  • Cuttlebone of ''[[Sepia officinalis]]'' (left to right: ventral, dorsal, and lateral views)
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  • [[Tortoise]] with cuttlebone

cuttlebone         
¦ noun the flattened internal skeleton of the cuttlefish, used as a dietary supplement for cage birds and for making casts for precious metal items.
Cuttlebone         
Cuttlebone, also known as cuttlefish bone, is a hard, brittle internal structure (an internal shell) found in all members of the family Sepiidae, commonly known as cuttlefish, within the cephalopods. In other cephalopod families it is called a gladius.
Cuttle bone         
·- The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, ·etc.

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Cuttlebone

Cuttlebone, also known as cuttlefish bone, is a hard, brittle internal structure (an internal shell) found in all members of the family Sepiidae, commonly known as cuttlefish, within the cephalopods. In other cephalopod families it is called a gladius.

Cuttlebone is composed primarily of aragonite. It is a chambered, gas-filled shell used for buoyancy control; its siphuncle is highly modified and is on the ventral side of the shell. The microscopic structure of cuttlebone consists of narrow layers connected by numerous upright pillars.

Depending on the species, cuttlebones implode at a depth of 200 to 600 metres (660 to 1,970 ft). Because of this limitation, most species of cuttlefish live on the seafloor in shallow water, usually on the continental shelf.

The largest cuttlebone belongs to the Australian giant cuttlefish, which lives between the surface and a maximum depth of 100 metres.