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Roger Hanlon of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., and his colleagues recently discovered that cuttlefishes actively express opsin genes throughout their skin, particularly in their fins and underbellies.

From Scientific American • Aug. 20, 2012

Presumably the octopus and cuttlefish employ the same method of self-defense; they are not the only ones: Extremely sly and subtle fishes Are octopi or cuttlefishes.

From Time Magazine Archive

In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S by Project Gutenberg

The same power of rapid colour-change is seen in cuttlefishes, where it is often an expression of nervous excitement, though it sometimes helps to conceal.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur

Also very notable was the abundance of predatory cuttlefishes, the bullies of the ancient seas.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur