Definition of Argonautidae

1. Noun. Represented solely by the genus Argonauta.

Exact synonyms: Family Argonautidae
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Octopoda, Order Octopoda
Member holonyms: Argonauta, Genus Argonauta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Argonautidae

Argiope aurantia
Argiopidae
Argirades
Argive
Argives
Argo
Argo Navis
Argoan
Argobba
Argobbas
Argolic
Argolis
Argonaut
Argonauta argo
Argonautic
Argonautidae (current term)
Argonne
Argonne Forest
Argonz
Argonz-Del Castillo syndrome
Argos
Argot
Argovia
Argus
Argusianus
Argyle
Argyll
Argyll Robertson pupil
Argyll Robertson pupils
Argynnis

Literary usage of Argonautidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Aquarium notes. The octopus; or, The 'devil-fish' of fiction and of fact by Henry Lee (1875)
"The Argonautidae, which inhabit warmer seas than ours, and approach no nearer to us than the Mediterranean and Adriatic, are represented by Argonauta argo, ..."

2. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1895)
"The two pocket-like openings into the branchial cavity are unique among Cephalopoda (Hpyle). FAM. 3. Argonautidae. — Female furnished with a symmetrical, ..."

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