nautilus
noun
any cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, having a spiral, chambered shell with pearly septa.
nautili
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pluralof nautilus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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After the late gale, the water is covered with purple nautili, or as the sailors call them, Portuguese men-of-war.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
The ammonites differ from the nautili in having the tube connecting the chambers placed on the outer margin of the coiled shell, while the calcareous neck where it passes through the partitions is directed forwards.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
The shell is very different from those of the other nautili in being much more deeply indented with circular striae.
From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 by George Grey
These shells may have been those of nautili.
From Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects by James Roxburgh McClymont
However, to cut my story short, the quickened scalaria, and nautili, immediately began to form their shells in the reversed order I had expected, and the secret of fabulous enrichment was solved.
From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by M?r J?kai
