nautilus
A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian…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.
» The octopus and the nautilus are both cephalopods.
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3 sensesA 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.
Nautilus, Perlboot
наути́лусnautílus, кора́бликkoráblik
наути́лусnautýlus, навти́лусnavtýlus, кора́бликkoráblyk
cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air.
A paper nautilus (actually an octopus).
Examples
2 sentencesThe octopus and the nautilus are both cephalopods.
The nautilus is a mollusk that uses jet propulsion to roam the ocean deep.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin nautilus, from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautílos, “paper nautilus, sailor”).From Latin nautilus, from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautílos, “paper nautilus, sailor”).
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Forms
plural: nautiluses / nautili| Singular | nautilus |
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regular
Synonyms
7 synonyms- a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power:nuclear submarinenuclear-powered submarine
- cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells:paper nautilusArgonautArgonauta argo
- cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions:chambered nautiluspearly nautilus
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.