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- Cuttlefish are any of a family, Sepiidae, of
- squidlike cephalopods with an internal
- calcareous shell (cuttlebone). The common
- cuttle Sepia officinalis of the Atlantic and
- Mediterranean is up to 30cm (1ft). It swims
- actively by means of the fins into which the
- sides of its oval, flattened body are
- expanded, and jerks itself backwards by
- shooting a jet of water from its `siphon'.
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- Subject by: Mervin Dykes
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