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nautiloid

[nawt-l-oid]
noun
  1. a mollusk of the subclass Nautiloidea, including nautiluses and many fossil species that were abundant in the Ordovician and Silurian periods.
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adjective
  1. noting or pertaining to a nautiloid.
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Historical Examples

  • He referred also to the nautiloid shell of the larva falling to one side.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5

    Various

  • The remarkable group of the Trilobites had precedence in order of time of the Nautiloid shell-fishes.

  • Cephalic shield pointed behind; shell internal, chiefly membranous, with calcified nucleus, nautiloid; parapodia forming fins.

British Dictionary definitions for nautiloid

nautiloid

noun
  1. any mollusc of the Nautiloidea, a group of cephalopods that includes the pearly nautilus and many extinct forms
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Nautiloidea
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nautiloid

[nôt′l-oid′]
  1. Any of various cephalopod mollusks of the subclass Nautiloidea, having a straight or coiled shell divided internally into a series of chambers of increasing size connected by a central tube. The nautiloids include the modern nautiluses as well as numerous extinct species dating back as far as the Cambrian Period.
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