Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells.
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Examples for "nautilus "
Examples for "nautilus "
1 Now, I'm willing to venture that you already know about the nautilus .
2 They sat in nautilus shells, which were each borne by two bearers.
3 The man within the umbrella drew aside the curtain of hanging nautilus shells.
4 Like the nautilus , too, it had respectable sailing and floating powers.
5 The headquarters of the Nautilus are in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
1 The varieties of the paper nautilus , or argonaut, are the most delicate and beautiful.
2 After a heavy storm the paper nautilus is sometimes found.
3 The exhibit contains "one of the largest, perfect specimens of paper nautilus in existence."
4 The paper nautilus is related to the octopus.
5 We need not trouble ourselves about the distinction between this and the Paper Nautilus , the Argonauta of the ancients.
1 The Argonaut Saga has its weaknesses as a theme for epic.
2 Inconspicuously I stepped into the Argonaut and up the stairs to Blythe's room.
3 No Argonaut had ever dared to come in contact with these mysterious divinities.
4 There are increasing risks in the market now, said Argonaut Securities analyst Helen Lau.
5 The Orphic Argonaut sings of the division of the ancient Lyktonia into separate islands.
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Translations for Argonauta argo