Argonaut

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  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One of the heroes who, according to the ancient Hellenic myth, sailed with Jason in the ship Argo to Colchis on the Euxine sea in quest of the golden fleece.
  • noun. plural Those who emigrated to California about the time of the discovery of gold there: as, the Argonauts of '49.
  • noun. [lowercase] A cephalopod mollusk, known also as the paper-nautilus and paper-sailor.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.
  • noun. A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.
  • noun. One of those who went to California in search of gold shortly after it was discovered there in 1848.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta.
  • noun. An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure
  • noun. cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
  • noun. (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece
    • Word Usage
    "The nautilus (or argonaut) is a poulpe or octopus, but one peculiar both in its nature and its habits."
    Form
    jargonaut  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    adventurer  character  fictional character  fictitious character  octopod  
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