Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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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.]
