English Explanatory Dictionary

paper nautilus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

paper nautilus paper nautiluses paper nautili

Synonyms

argonaut
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