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- noun A
marine mollusc , of the family Argonautidae native to thePacific Ocean andIndian Ocean , which has tentacles and aspiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers.
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- noun cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
Etymologies
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Latin, from Greek nautilos (nautilus, sailor).
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The Chambered Nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) is the best known species of nautilus. The shell, when cut away reveals a lining of lustrous nacre, and displays a nearly perfect equiangular spiral.
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The Chambered Nautilus is the title and subject of a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
January 27, 2008