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Definition of Nautilus

1. Noun. A submarine that is propelled by nuclear power.

2. Noun. Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells.

3. Noun. Cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions.

Definition of Nautilus

1. n. The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata.

Definition of Nautilus

1. Noun. A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nautilus

1. a spiral-shelled mollusk [n -LUSES or -LI]

Medical Definition of Nautilus

1. Origin: L, fr. Gr. A seaman, sailor, a kind of shellfish which was supposed to be furnished with a membrane which served as a sail; fr. Ship. See Nave of a church. 1. The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata. The head of the animal bears numerous simple tapered arms, or tentacles, arranged in groups, but not furnished with suckers. The siphon, unlike, that of ordinary cephalopods, is not a closed tube, and is not used as a locomotive organ, but merely serves to conduct water to and from the gill cavity, which contains two pairs of gills. The animal occupies only the outer chamber of the shell; the others are filled with gas. It creeps over the bottom of the sea, not coming to the surface to swim or sail, as was formerly imagined. 2. The argonaut; also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper. 3. A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nautilus

nautical chain nautical linear unit nautical mile nautical miles nautical signal flag nautical twilight nautically nautics nautiform nautili

nautiliform nautilite nautilites nautiloid nautiloids nautilus (current term) nautiluses navaid navaids navajoes

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Literary usage of Nautilus

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

1. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1903)
"38.26 ü^ii TYPE Gon ia ti tes marcell en sis Vanuxem. Geology of New York ; report on the 3d district. 1842. p. 146, fig. 2. nautilus ..."

2. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"nautilus, vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 15-17. 1935. Review of the Planorbidae of Florida ... 1-3. 1943b. Typhis fordi, a new Bahamian muricid mollusk. nautilus, vol. ..."

3. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1841)
"These fossil shells present certain deviations from the ordinary characters of the genus nautilus, whereby they in some degree partake of the structure of ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1832)
"Memoir on the Pearly nautilus, (nautilus Pompilius, Linn.) with Illustrations of its External Form and internal Structure. Drawn up by RICHAS. ..."

5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"nautilus, Philadelphia, Pa., 16. 1903, (119). [2227 PC 2231]. 347 A new Pleurotomaria. ... nautilus, Boston. Mass , 17, 1903, (48). [2227 Ле 2231]. ..."

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