Nautilus
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- noun
- /ˈnɔːtɪləs/
- Specialized
- In the aquarium, the nautilus gracefully floated within its glass habitat, displaying its beautiful shell.
- Nautilus shell
- Nautilus shell represents
Examples
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At the heart of the labyrinth lay a convoluted chamber, whorled and curved like the walls of a nautilus shell.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's the kind of spiral that occurs in the Nautilus shell, where you have lines coming from a certain point which all meet the spiral at the same angle.
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Clearly, there was something about the nautilus shell.
Academic text (2002) -
And so if you look at the, at the design of a chambered Nautilus, what you see is, is nature's solution for growth under pressure.
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The pattern of the nautilus became the coil of a mainspring.
Fiction book (1992) -
The nautilus has a distinct coiled shell that houses its soft body.
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Marine biologists study the nautilus to understand its unique adaptations to ocean life.
Synonyms
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A sea animal with a spiral shell divided into chambers and shiny white walls
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A sea animal like a squid that has a spiral shiny shell
Compounds
- Australian
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A sea animal with a spiral shell divided into chambers and shiny white walls
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nautilus comes from the old Greek nautilos, which means 'sailor' or 'ship'. Its coiled shell looks like a little 'ship', and the same root appears in nautical and astronaut, so Nautilus is a sea animal named like a small ship, which helps you remember this shelled creature.