Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells.
1The varieties of the paper nautilus, or argonaut, are the most delicate and beautiful.
2After a heavy storm the paper nautilus is sometimes found.
3The exhibit contains "one of the largest, perfect specimens of paper nautilus in existence."
4The paper nautilus is related to the octopus.
5We need not trouble ourselves about the distinction between this and the Paper Nautilus, the Argonauta of the ancients.
Translations for paper nautilus