nautilus

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Nautilus

Etymology

From Latin nautilus, from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautilos, “paper nautilus, sailor”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈnɔː.tɪ.ləs/
• (US) IPA: /ˈnɔ.tɪ.ləs/, /ˈnɑ.tɪ.ləs/

Noun

nautilus (plural nautiluses or nautili)

1. A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• chambered nautilus

Derived terms

• paper nautilus

Translations

marine mollusc of the family Nautilidae

Chinese: Mandarin: 鸚鵡螺 (zh), 鹦鹉螺 (zh) (yīngwǔluó) French: nautilus (fr) m. Georgian: ნაუტილუსი (ka) (naut'ilusi) German: Nautilus (de) m., Perlboot (de) n.

Greek: ναυτίλος (el) (navtílos) m. Japanese: オウムガイ (ja) (ōmugai), 鸚鵡貝 (ja) (おうむがい, ōmugai) Macedonian: наутилус (mk) (nautílus) m. Navajo: łóóʼ bigaanłánígo bitsʼaʼígíí Russian: наутилус (ru) (nautílus) m., кораблик (ru) (koráblik) m. Turkish: notilus (tr)

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Latin

nautilus (paper nautilus)

Alternative forms

• nautilos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautilos, “nautilus, sailor”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈnau.ti.lus/

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Noun

nautilus (genitive nautilī); m, second declension

1. paper nautilus, argonaut (genus Argonauta)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	nautilus	nautilī
genitive	nautilī	nautilōrum
dative	nautilō	nautilīs
accusative	nautilum	nautilōs
ablative	nautilō	nautilīs
vocative	nautile	nautilī

Related terms

• nauticus

Descendants

• English: nautilus
• Translingual: Nautilus