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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
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Octopoda, Order Octopoda
Member holonyms: Argonauta, Genus Argonauta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Argonautidae
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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