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pourcontrell

pourcontrell is the alternative form of pourcuttle.

Meaning of pourcuttle

Noun

pourcuttle (plural pourcuttles)

  1. (obsolete) A cephalopod with tentacles; an octopus or cuttlefish.
    • The fish called a Pourcontrell [translating poulpe], or Manie-feet, changeth himselfe into what colour he lists, as occasion offereth it selfe; that so he may hide himselfe from what he feareth, and catch what he seeketh for.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about pourcontrell

What is pourcontrell the alternative form of?
Pourcontrell is the alternative form of pourcuttle.

Words near pourcontrell in the dictionary

  1. Pourbaix diagrams
  2. pourboire
  3. pourboires
  4. Pourciau
  5. Pourciaus
  6. pourcontrell
  7. pourcuttle
  8. pourcuttles
  9. pourdown
  10. pourdowns
  11. poured

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