chambered nautilus
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Elson Grammar School Literature, Book Four. | William H. Elsonchambered nautilus (cham'berd no'ti-lus), a shellfish belonging to the highest class of mollusks.
Elson Grammar School Literature, Book Four. | William H. ElsonThe craft seemed to have been circular, with compartmentation in spiral form, like a chambered nautilus.
Stamped Caution | Raymond Zinke GallunHolmes, in The chambered nautilus, speaks of the “cold sea-maids” who “rise to sun their streaming hair.”
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 | Charles Herbert SylvesterWe have now only one species living, the chambered nautilus.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, January 1883 | The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
British Dictionary definitions for chambered nautilus
another name for the pearly nautilus
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