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Definitions of nautilus in various dictionaries:
noun - a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
noun - cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
noun - cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
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| A Greek word for "sailor" gave us the name of this "chambered" sea creature |
| In 1958 this nuclear-powered craft passed near Point Barrow on its way into the Arctic basin |
| It was Captain Nemo's deadly submarine in the Jules Verne classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" |
| This manufacturer of fitness equipment shares its name with a chambered shell |
| On January 21, Ike turned in a budget with a projected $2.9 billion deficit, & Mamie launched this sub |
| This chambered mollusk is the only living cephalopod with an external shell |
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| a cephalopod mollusc with a light external spiral shell and numerous short tentacles around the mouth. |
| A cephalopod mollusk of the genus Nautilus, especially N. pompilius, found in the Indian and Pacific oceans and having a spiral, pearly-lined shell with a series of air-filled chambers. Also called chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus. |
| The paper nautilus. |
| A cephalopod mollusc with a light external spiral shell and numerous short tentacles around the mouth. |
| The first nuclear-powered submarine, launched in 1954. This US navy vessel made a historic journey (15 August 1958) under the ice of the North Pole. |
| a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power |
| cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells |
| cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions |
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The nautilus (from the Latin form of the original Ancient Greek: , 'sailor') is a pelagic marine mollusc of the cephalopod family Nautilidae, the sole extant family of the superfamily Nautilaceae and of its smaller but near equal suborder, Nautilina. * It comprises six living species in two genera, the type of which is the genus Nautilus. Though it more specifically refers to species Nautilus pompilius, the name chambered nautilus is also used for any of the Nautilidae. All are protected under CITES Appendix II. * Nautilidae, both extant and extinct, are characterized by involute or more or less convolute shells that are generally smooth, with compressed or depressed whorl sections, straight to sinuous sutures, and a tubular, generally central siphuncle. Having survived relatively unchanged for millions of years, nautiluses represent the only living members of the subclass nautiloidea, and are often considered "living fossils". * The word nautilus is derived from the Greek nautílos and orig |