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argonaut

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ar·go·naut  (ärg-nôt)
n.
See paper nautilus.
[New Latin Argonauta, genus name, from Latin Argonautae, Argonauts; see Argonaut.]
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Noun1.argonautargonaut - someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure
adventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risks
2.Argonaut - (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
3.argonautArgonaut - cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
Argonauta argo, paper nautilus, nautilus
octopod - a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell
Argonauta, genus Argonauta - type genus of the family Argonautidae: paper nautilus
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Similarly the story of the Argonauts appears from the fragments (37-42) to have been told in some detail.
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But the Argonauts saw that this good king looked downcast and very much troubled, and they therefore inquired of him what was the matter.
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Involuntarily the names of Naxos, Tenedos, and Carpathos, rise before the mind, and we seek vainly for Ulysses' vessel or the "clipper" of the Argonauts.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
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