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CHAMBERED NAUTILUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chambered nautilus mean? 

CHAMBERED NAUTILUS (noun)
  The noun CHAMBERED NAUTILUS has 1 sense:

1. cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitionsplay

  Familiarity information: CHAMBERED NAUTILUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHAMBERED NAUTILUS (noun)


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Meaning:

Cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chambered nautilus; nautilus; pearly nautilus

Hypernyms ("chambered nautilus" is a kind of...):

cephalopod; cephalopod mollusk (marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles)

Holonyms ("chambered nautilus" is a member of...):

genus Nautilus (type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae)


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