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Nautilus

//ˈnɔː.tɪ.ləs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral."

  2. 2
    cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions wordnet
  3. 3
    A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air.
  4. 4
    cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells wordnet
  5. 5
    A paper nautilus (actually an octopus).
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  1. 6
    a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power wordnet

Etymology

From Latin nautilus, from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautílos, “paper nautilus, sailor”).

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