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Origin of pearly nautilus
First recorded in 1770–80
Words nearby pearly nautilus
Pearlstein, pearlwort, pearly, Pearly Gates, pearly king, pearly nautilus, pearly queen, pearly white, pearmain, pear psylla, Pears
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British Dictionary definitions for pearly nautilus
pearly nautilus
noun
any of several cephalopod molluscs of the genus Nautilus, esp N. pompilius, of warm and tropical seas, having a partitioned pale pearly external shell with brown stripesAlso called: chambered nautilus Compare paper nautilus
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