nautilus

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nautilus /ˈnɔːtɪləs/

▶noun (pl. nautiluses or nautili /-lʌɪ, -liː/) a cephalopod mollusc with a light external spiral shell and numerous short tentacles around the mouth. [Genus Nautilus: several species.]

– derivatives
nautiloid noun.

– origin mod. L., from L., from Gk nautilos, lit. ‘sailor’.

'nautilus' also found in these Oxford entries:

argonaut - paper nautilus

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