wikipedia|Nautilus
English
Etymology
Latin < Greek nautilos (nautilus, sailor).
Synonyms
nautilus
Noun
chambered nautilus (plural: nautiluses or nautili)
- A marine mollusc, of the family Argonautidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers.
Quotations
1956 � w:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 44
: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.
Category:Mollusks
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