Nautilus

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  • noun. Any of several cephalopod mollusks of the family Nautilidae of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, especially Nautilus pompilius, having numerous slender tentacles and an external coiled pearly shell divided into air-filled chambers.
  • noun. The paper nautilus.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The Argonauta argo, or any other cephalopod believed to sail by means of the expanded tentacular arms.
  • noun. A genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopoda, type of the Nautilacea or Nautilidæ, to which very different limits have been assigned.
  • noun. A Portuguese man-of-war. See Physalia.
  • noun. A form of diving-bell which requires no suspension, sinking and rising by the agency of condensed air.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See tetrabranchiata.
  • noun. The argonaut; -- also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper.
  • noun. A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
  • noun. a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
  • noun. cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
    • Word Usage
    "The word "nautilus" comes from the Greek for boat."
    cross-reference
    glass nautilus  paper-nautilus  pearly nautilus  
    Form
    paper nautilus  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    U-boat  cephalopod  cephalopod mollusk  octopod  pigboat  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    carpenters'  cochlear  cowrie  delicatest  drinking-horn  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    chambered nautilus  
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