OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31356

nautilus

/ˈnɔː.tɪ.ləs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
nautilo
A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.
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.
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