Nautilus
WordNet
noun
(1) Cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
(2) Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
(3) A submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
WiktionaryText
Noun
nautilus
- A marine mollusc, of the family Argonautidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers.
Quotations
- 1956 — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 44
- He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral.