pearly nautilus

American  

noun

1. nautilus.

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pearly nautilus British  

noun

1. Also called: chambered nautilus.  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 stripes Compare paper nautilus

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Etymology

Origin of pearly nautilus

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

But as all the known members of the class, except the pearly nautilus, Nautilus pompilius, have these habits in common, the distinguishing terms are hardly apposite.

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In the pearly nautilus each septum is prolonged backwards at the point where it is pierced by the siphuncle, forming a shelly tube somewhat like the neck of a bottle.

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A large fleet of the pearly nautilus was collected close under the vessel’s lee.

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Surprise him at his books and you'll see tropical seas in his eyes, a pearly nautilus, Hong Kong and Valparaiso resplendent in the dawn.

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But the bee and the wild bird, the pearly nautilus driving before the fresh breeze, and the reed waving in the wind, should teach us a higher lesson.

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