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Meanings of nautilus in anglès

català
nàutil
espanyol
nautilina

Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells.

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portuguès
submarino nuclear
català
submarí nuclear

A submarine that is propelled by nuclear power.

submarí nuclear
Synonyms
Examples for "paper nautilus"
Examples for "paper nautilus"
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The varieties of the paper nautilus, or argonaut, are the most delicate and beautiful.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
2
After a heavy storm the paper nautilus is sometimes found.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
3
The exhibit contains "one of the largest, perfect specimens of paper nautilus in existence."
The new yorker
4
The paper nautilus is related to the octopus.
The new yorker
5
We need not trouble ourselves about the distinction between this and the Paper Nautilus, the Argonauta of the ancients.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
1
The Argonaut Saga has its weaknesses as a theme for epic.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
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Inconspicuously I stepped into the Argonaut and up the stairs to Blythe's room.
The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
3
No Argonaut had ever dared to come in contact with these mysterious divinities.
Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel
4
There are increasing risks in the market now, said Argonaut Securities analyst Helen Lau.
Reuters
5
The Orphic Argonaut sings of the division of the ancient Lyktonia into separate islands.
Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World
català
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Cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions.

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Usage of nautilus in anglès
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Now, I'm willing to venture that you already know about the nautilus.
Wired
2
They sat in nautilus shells, which were each borne by two bearers.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877
3
The man within the umbrella drew aside the curtain of hanging nautilus shells.
The Great Taboo
4
Like the nautilus, too, it had respectable sailing and floating powers.
The Long White Cloud: "Ao Tea Roa"
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He coiled them up in a nautilus pattern so they wouldn't roll away.
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The varieties of the paper nautilus, or argonaut, are the most delicate and beautiful.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
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After a heavy storm the paper nautilus is sometimes found.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
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Armlets of nautilus shell threw up the dainty plumpness of her soft, round forearm.
The Great Taboo
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The thing wound around itself like a chambered nautilus, going in a counterclockwise direction.
To Die in Italbar
10
The girl looked uncertain as she eyed the concentric arcs of the nautilus spiral.
The Da Vinci Code
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It mirrored all the warm, pearly tints of the inside whorl of the tropic nautilus.
The Call of the Canyon
12
The new Order became an old one in course of time, and, like the nautilus.
Marm Lisa
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But of course the chambered nautilus may emerge again.
The Masques of Ottawa
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The typical form was closely coiled like a nautilus.
The Elements of Geology
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Thirty centimes-heregoes for a sight of the nautilus.
In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
16
Dark fronds coated the walls with swirling nautilus patterns.
Leviathan Wakes
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espanyol
nautilina
Nautilus through the time