argonaut


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
argonaut /ˈɑːg(ə)nɔːt/
noun Zoology another term for paper nautilus.
– origin from L. argonauta from Gk argonautēs ‘sailor in the ship Argo’ (in which Jason and his companions went in search of the Golden Fleece).
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