NAUTILUS
\nˈɔːtɪləs], \nˈɔːtɪləs], \n_ˈɔː_t_ɪ_l_ə_s]\
Definitions of NAUTILUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The argonaut; - also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The argonaut; - also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A kind of shellfish furnished with a membrane which was once believed to enable it to sail like a ship:-pl. NAUTILUSES or NAUTILI.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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