nautilus
鹦鹉螺,鹦鹉螺号
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plural nau·ti·lus·es, nau·ti·li [nawt-l-ahy, not-] /ˈnɔt lˌaɪ, ˈnɒt-/ for 1, 2.
- : Also called chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus. any cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, having a spiral, chambered shell with pearly septa.
- : paper nautilus.
- : the first nuclear-powered submarine launched by the U.S. Navy.
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Neither the nautilus nor coelacanth appear to be predators of live animals.
A week before, we had fitted the nautiluses with acoustic transmitters that gave their position and depth.
He began field research on living nautiluses in 1975 at age 25.
For the past decade, we’ve returned all the nautiluses we caught to the sea.
Their predators, sharks and large fish, are visual hunters, so the nautiluses were safer in the darker, deeper depths.
There is something about being in Captain Nemo's Nautilus that makes the absinthe taste even better.
The "next step," as in the case of the male organ of the nautilus, is to grow a tool and detach it.
The first is called Nautilus Papyraceus; and its shell is indeed no thicker than a piece of paper, when out of the water.
Two (p. 635) broadsides were then interchanged, by which the "Nautilus" was severely cut up, and eight of her crew killed.
The argonaut, or paper-nautilus, must be carefully distinguished from the pearly-nautilus or nautilus proper (Nautilus Pompilius).
At night the owner of a "Nautilus" canoe can either haul his craft ashore or anchor in deep water.