chambered nautilus
English
Noun
chambered nautilus (plural chambered nautiluses or chambered nautili)
- A marine mollusc, of the family Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. 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, page 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.
- A nautilus, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
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Translations
Nautilus pompilius
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