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chambered nautilus

chambered nautilus 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.

Noun

chambered nautilus (plural chambered nautiluses or chambered nautili)

  1. 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.
    • He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral.1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 44
  2. A nautilus of species Nautilus pompilius.
    Synonyms:
    nautilus

Synonyms of chambered nautilus

Forms of chambered nautilus

pluralchambered nautiluses
pluralchambered nautili

Questions about chambered nautilus

What does chambered nautilus mean?
Chambered nautilus means 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.
What part of speech is chambered nautilus?
Chambered nautilus is a noun.
What is the plural of chambered nautilus?
The plural of chambered nautilus is chambered nautiluses.

Words near chambered nautilus in the dictionary

  1. chamber-work
  2. chamberbitter
  3. chamberbitters
  4. chambered
  5. chambered nautili
  6. chambered nautilus
  7. chambered nautiluses
  8. chamberer
  9. chamberers
  10. chamberesque
  11. chamberful

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