nautilus (n.)

  1. a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power

    [ Syn: nuclear submarine , nuclear-powered submarine ]

  2. cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells

    [ Syn: paper nautilus , argonaut , argonauta argo ]

  3. cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions

    [ Syn: chambered nautilus , pearly nautilus ]

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