paper nautilus

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Definition of paper nautilus in English English dictionary

A pelagic octopus of genus Argonauta, found in warm seas, whose females produce a paper-thin egg case resembling a shell into which she deposits her eggs

cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells

A cephalopod mollusk (Argonauta argo) with eight tentacles, the female of which inhabits a paper-thin shell that later acts as an egg case. Also called argonaut

Hyphenation

pa·per nau·ti·lus

Turkish pronunciation

peypır nôtılıs

Synonyms

argonaut

Pronunciation

/ˈpāpər ˈnôtələs/ /ˈpeɪpɜr ˈnɔːtələs/