chambered nautilus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chambered nautilus
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Despite its many levels of jokes and meta-jokes, Inside is one of the most sincere artistic responses to the 21st century so far: a beautiful, intricate chambered nautilus shell filled with loathing.
From Slate ● May 31, 2021
“Probably the top predator would have been a cephalopod,” likely an ancestral relative of today’s chambered nautilus, with its intricate spiral shell.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2019
Figure 1.1 The chambered nautilus is a marine animal that lives in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
In one of the smaller eastern windows stands a chambered nautilus that was a gift from my friend Kyle Gann, the composer and musicologist.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 17, 2015
The chambered nautilus has its shell divided by partitions and it lives in the outer chamber, a many-tentacled creature, that is a close relative of the soft-bodied squid.
From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Julia Ellen Rogers
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