nautilus
noun
any cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, having a spiral, chambered shell with pearly septa.
nautiluses
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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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The concrete nautiluses where we temporarily abandon our Kias and Porsches and mopeds produce, reproduce and shelter dualities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
Metalsmiths set nautiluses on gold pedestals sculpted with mermaid and sea foam motifs.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
But when Birger Schmitz, a geologist at Lund University in Sweden, went hunting for rock dating back 466 million years, he wasn’t hoping to find fossilized nautiluses; he was looking for fossilized meteorites.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2019
In oceanic terms, squids, cuttlefish, nautiluses, and octopuses are mass-produced.
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2018
Still, for my part, I should have preferred fair weather, bright skies, and plenty of nautiluses and flying-fish.
From A Jolly Fellowship by Frank Richard Stockton
