Definitions
A marine mollusk with a spiral chambered shell.
Word origin
From Latin nautilus, from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautílos, “paper nautilus, sailor”).
Used in a sentence
“He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral.”
“Nautilidan cephalopods, represented today by the six living species of nautilus are thought to have diverged from other nautiloids in the Devonian period.”
“Living species of the externally shelled nautiluses do not possess an ink sac.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Chambered sea creature”8 letters
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