Amazingly, it wasn’t until 2010 that scientists experimentally understood how argonauts use their shell constructions to float in the water column and control buoyancy.
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Argonaut
//ˈɑɹ.ɡəˌnɔt//
Synonyms for "argonaut" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
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13 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 43 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Ἀργοναύτης name (member of the Argo crew)
Armenian
1 entries- արգոնավորդ name (member of the Argo crew)
Basque
1 entries- Argonautak name (member of the Argo crew)
Belarusian
1 entries- арганаўт name (member of the Argo crew)
Breton
1 entries- Argonaoted name (member of the Argo crew)
Bulgarian
1 entries- аргонавт name (member of the Argo crew)
Catalan
2 entries- Argonauta name (member of the Argo crew)
- argonauta noun (an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 阿爾戈英雄 /阿尔戈英雄 name (member of the Argo crew)
Czech
1 entries- Argonauti name (member of the Argo crew)
Danish
1 entries- Argonaut name (member of the Argo crew)
Dutch
1 entries- Argonaut name (member of the Argo crew)
Estonian
4 entries- argonaut name (member of the Argo crew)
- argonaut noun (a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta)
- argonaut noun (an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest)
- laevuke noun (an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest)
Fijian
1 entries- vocenikuita noun (a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta)
Finnish
1 entries- argonautti name (member of the Argo crew)
French
3 entries- Argonaute name (member of the Argo crew)
- argonaute noun (a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta)
- argonaute noun (an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest)
Galician
1 entries- argonauta name (member of the Argo crew)
Georgian
1 entries- არგონავტი name (member of the Argo crew)
German
2 entries- Argonaut name (member of the Argo crew)
- Argonautin name (member of the Argo crew)
Greek
2 entries- Αργοναύτης name (member of the Argo crew)
- αργοναύτης noun (an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest)
Hawaiian
2 entries- moamoa waʻa noun (a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta)
- ʻauwaʻalālua noun (a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta)
Hebrew
1 entries- ארגונאוטים name (member of the Argo crew)
Hungarian
1 entries- Argonauták name (member of the Argo crew)
Ido
1 entries- Argonauto name (member of the Argo crew)
Italian
1 entries- argonauta name (member of the Argo crew)
Japanese
1 entries- アルゴナウタイ name (member of the Argo crew)
Korean
1 entries- 아르고나우타이 name (member of the Argo crew)
Latin
1 entries- Argonauta name (member of the Argo crew)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Argonautas name (member of the Argo crew)
Manx
1 entries- Argonaut name (member of the Argo crew)
Māori
1 entries- muheke noun (a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- Argonaut name (member of the Argo crew)
- argonaut name (member of the Argo crew)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- Argonaut name (member of the Argo crew)
- argonaut name (member of the Argo crew)
Polish
4 entries- Argonauta name (member of the Argo crew)
- argonauta noun (a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta)
- argonauta noun (an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest)
- żeglarek noun (a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta)
Portuguese
3 entries- argonauta name (member of the Argo crew)
- argonauta noun (a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta)
- argonauta noun (an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest)
Romanian
1 entries- Argonaut name (member of the Argo crew)
Russian
3 entries- аргона́вт name (member of the Argo crew)
- аргона́вт noun (a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta)
- аргона́вт noun (an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Argonauti name (member of the Argo crew)
- Аргонаути name (member of the Argo crew)
Sicilian
1 entries- Argunàuti name (member of the Argo crew)
Slovak
1 entries- Argonauti name (member of the Argo crew)
Slovene
1 entries- Argonavti name (member of the Argo crew)
Spanish
1 entries- argonauta name (member of the Argo crew)
Swedish
2 entries- argonaut name (member of the Argo crew)
- argonaut noun (an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest)
Ukrainian
1 entries- аргонавт name (member of the Argo crew)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The Olivutsa’s surveys led to the conclusion that Argonaut Island must be Ulleungdo and that the incorrect position of Argonaut Island should be discarded, thereby putting an end to the confusion that had lasted for years.
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