sepiostaire Zool.
(siːpɪəˈstɛə(r))
Also in shortened form sepiost.
[ad. F. sépiostaire, f. Gr. σηπία sepia + ὀστοῦν bone + -aire (cf. -ary).]
= cuttle-bone.
| 1836 Buckland Geol. & Min. II. 67 Sepia officinalis, shewing the position of the internal shell or sheath (Sepiostaire) within the dorsal portion of its sac. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. viii. 540 The sepiostaire or ‘cuttle bone’..is composed of a broad plate answering to the pen. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 458. |