argonaut

See also: Argonaut

English

Argonaut (octopus)

Etymology

Generalised use of Argonaut.

Noun

argonaut (plural argonauts)

1. Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
   • 2018, Mark Carnall, The Guardian, 27 March:

     Amazingly, it wasn’t until 2010 that scientists experimentally understood how argonauts use their shell constructions to float in the water column and control buoyancy.

2. An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.

Derived terms

• jargonaut

Translations

a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta

• Portuguese: argonauta (pt) m, f

• Russian: аргона́вт (ru) m (argonávt)

an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest

• Greek: αργοναύτης m (argonáftis)
• Portuguese: argonauta (pt) m, f

• Russian: аргона́вт (ru) m (argonávt)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} argonaute (fr)

Further reading

• Argonaut (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia