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单词 pearly nautilus
释义

pearly nautilus


noun

nautilus (def. 1).

Origin of pearly nautilus

First recorded in 1770–80

Words nearby pearly nautilus

pearl tumor, pearlwort, pearly, Pearly Gates, pearly king, pearly nautilus, pearly queen, pearly tubercle, pearly white, pearmain, pear psylla
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Example sentences from the Web for pearly nautilus

  • The argonaut, or paper-nautilus, must be carefully distinguished from the pearly-nautilus or nautilus proper (Nautilus Pompilius).

    The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for pearly nautilus

pearly nautilus

noun

any of several cephalopod molluscs of the genus Nautilus, esp N. pompilius, of warm and tropical seas, having a partitioned pale pearly external shell with brown stripesAlso called: chambered nautilus Compare paper nautilus
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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