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
Recall the chambered nautilus introduced in the chapter opener.
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
They had in ages past been added one after another by a method of almost unconscious accretion, as the chambered nautilus makes his shell.
From The Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge
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