Nearby words
pearlstein, pearlwort, pearly, pearly gates, pearly king, pearly nautilus, pearly queen, pearly razorfish, pearly tubercle, pearly white, pearmain
Origin of pearly nautilus
First recorded in 1770–80
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Examples from the Web for pearly nautilus
The argonaut, or paper-nautilus, must be carefully distinguished from the pearly-nautilus or nautilus proper (Nautilus Pompilius).
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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