chambered nautilus

noun

1. nautilus ( def 1 ).

chambered nautilus

noun

1. another name for the pearly nautilus

Word History and Origins

Origin of chambered nautilus¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

What thought must have been in the mind of those who gave the chambered nautilus this name?

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Chambered Nautilus (cham'berd no'ti-lus), a shellfish belonging to the highest class of mollusks.

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The craft seemed to have been circular, with compartmentation in spiral form, like a chambered nautilus.

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Holmes, in The Chambered Nautilus, speaks of the “cold sea-maids” who “rise to sun their streaming hair.”

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We have now only one species living, the chambered nautilus.

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