sepiostairen.
/siːpɪəˈstɛː/ Zoology.
= cuttle-bone n.
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1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. II. 67 Sepia officinalis, shewing the position of the internal shell or sheath (Sepiostaire) within the dorsal portion of its sac.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals viii. 540 The sepiostaire or ‘cuttle bone’..is composed of a broad plate answering to the pen.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 458.
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