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Definition of Pearly nautilus

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

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Literary usage of Pearly nautilus

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"He has succeeded in obtaining the ripe eggs of the pearly nautilus, and is now at work on the development of that most interesting animal. ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1832)
"Mr. Owen's work presents us with an account of a shell-fish, the pearly nautilus, which, for several reasons, has long been an object of unusual interest. ..."

3. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field by Alexander Winchell (1894)
"THE pearly nautilus still lives in the deep waters of tropical seas. Our Pearly Nautilus is no sailor. He can indeed The float with all his tentacles ..."

4. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field by Alexander Winchell (1898)
"ANCESTRY OF THE pearly nautilus. SILURIAN REMAINS. THE pearly nautilus still lives in the deep waters of tropical seas. Our pearly nautilus is no sailor. ..."

5. Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate by Richard Owen, William White Cooper (1843)
"The soft parts of the pearly Nautilus (fig. 129.) form an oblong Nautilus Pompilius. mass divided by an irregular transverse constriction into two nearly ..."

6. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"The soft structures in the pearly nautilus may be divided into a posterior, soft, membranous mass ..."

7. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"The soft structures in the pearly nautilus may be divided into a posterior, soft, membranous mass ..."

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