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NAUTILUS (nautili)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nautilus mean?
• NAUTILUS (noun)
The noun NAUTILUS has 3 senses:
1. a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
2. cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
3. cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
Familiarity information: NAUTILUS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
nautilus; nuclear-powered submarine; nuclear submarine
Hypernyms ("nautilus" is a kind of...):
pigboat; sub; submarine; U-boat (a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Argonaut; Argonauta argo; nautilus; paper nautilus
Hypernyms ("nautilus" is a kind of...):
octopod (a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell)
Holonyms ("nautilus" is a member of...):
Argonauta; genus Argonauta (type genus of the family Argonautidae: paper nautilus)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
chambered nautilus; nautilus; pearly nautilus
Hypernyms ("nautilus" is a kind of...):
cephalopod; cephalopod mollusk (marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles)
Holonyms ("nautilus" is a member of...):
genus Nautilus (type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae)
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