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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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¶SCUTTER, n.2 The cuttle-fish, Sepia officinalis (Abd. c.1890 Gregor MS.).
[Variant of Eng. squitter, to squirt, from its habit of ejecting black fluid to conceal its retreat.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Scutter n.2". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 3 May 2026 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/scutter_n2>
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