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Meanings of pearly nautilus in English
Catalan
nàutil Cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions.
Usage of pearly nautilus in English
1
In the islands of the Pacific the young of the pearly nautilus are strung upon strings and sold for $25 and $20 as necklaces.
2
It is a single-chambered shell, very different from that of the Pearly Nautilus.
3
This was a discourse on Evolution, based upon the consideration of the Pearly Nautilus.
4
Rede Lecture, on the Pearly Nautilus and Evolution.
5
The follicles of the branchial arteries are thus described in the "Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus:"-"Theyare short and pyriform and closely set together.