pourcuttle
The English word “pourcuttle” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- A cephalopod with tentacles; an octopus or cuttlefish.
Etymology
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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