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paper nautiluses

paper nautiluses is the plural of paper nautilus.

Meaning of paper nautilus

Noun

paper nautilus (plural paper nautiluses or paper nautili)

  1. A pelagic octopus of genus Argonauta, found in warm seas, whose females produce a paper-thin egg case resembling a shell into which she deposits her eggs.
    Synonyms:
    argonaut

Questions about paper nautiluses

What is paper nautiluses the plural of?
Paper nautiluses is the plural of paper nautilus.

Words near paper nautiluses in the dictionary

  1. paper muslin
  2. paper muslins
  3. paper mâché
  4. paper nautili
  5. paper nautilus
  6. paper nautiluses
  7. paper organization
  8. paper orphan
  9. paper orphans
  10. paper over
  11. paper park

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