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nautilus Synonyms

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• noun (Context 1)

A pelagic octopus (the paper nautilus) whose female secretes a delicate, unchambered shell used as a brood chamber to protect her eggs.

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"Ancient mariners often confused the true chambered argonaut with the paper argonaut due to their superficial similarities."

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argonaut

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