Definition of nautilus
nautiluses
ornautili
play \ˈnȯ-tə-ˌlī, -ˌlē, ˈnä-\1 : any of a genus (Nautilus) of cephalopod mollusks of the South Pacific and Indian oceans with a spiral chambered shell that is pearly on the inside —called also chambered nautilus
2 : paper nautilus
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The structure of the modern nautilus shells was not as close to that of prehistoric ammonites as Case and colleagues suggested, and the robotic mosasaur model was too simple and inflexible.
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Origin and Etymology of nautilus
New Latin, from Latin, paper nautilus, from Greek nautilos, literally, sailor, from naus ship
First Known Use: 1601
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