Nautilus Definition

nôtl-əs
nautili, nautiluses
noun
nautiluses
Any of two genera (Nautilus or Allonautilus) of tropical tetrabranchiate cephalopods having a many-chambered, spiral shell with a pearly interior.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
nautilus
Plural:
nautili, nautiluses

Origin of Nautilus

  • Latin from Greek nautilos sailor, nautilus from nautēs mariner from naus ship nāu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin nautilus, from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautilos, “paper nautilus, sailor").

    From Wiktionary

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