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nautiloids

nautiloids is the plural of nautiloid.

Meaning of nautiloid

Noun

nautiloid (plural nautiloids)

  1. A mollusc resembling a nautilus; specifically, a cephalopod of the subclass Nautiloidea.
    • Cephalopods have a long fossil record, the earliest certain cephalopod fossils are loosely coiled or straight shelled nautiloids found in the Cambrian of China 515 million years ago.2016 August 17, Mark Carnall, “I, for one, welcome our new cephalopod overlords ... but what are they?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2019

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Questions about nautiloids

What is nautiloids the plural of?
Nautiloids is the plural of nautiloid.

Words near nautiloids in the dictionary

  1. nautiliniellids
  2. nautilite
  3. nautilites
  4. nautilitic
  5. nautiloid
  6. nautiloids
  7. nautilus
  8. nautiluses
  9. Nauvoo
  10. nav
  11. nav.

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