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chambered nautilus

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cham·bered nautilus  (chmbrd)
n.
See nautilus.
chambered nautilus
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for the pearly nautilus
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Noun1.chambered nautiluschambered nautilus - cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
pearly nautilus, nautilus
cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk - marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles
genus Nautilus - type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae


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The deepest layer contains traces of seafloor burrows and large numbers of phosphate nodules that include the fossils of ammonites, the extinct relatives of today's chambered nautilus.
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The Expo 2000 Pavilion was designed as three overlapping chambers, shaped like a chambered nautilus seashell--one of the most fascinating geometric shapes in nature.
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Relatives of the chambered nautilus, ammonites filled the seas during the Mesozoic era, the age of the dinosaurs.
A Forrest Gump of the dinosaur era by Monastersky, Richard / Science News
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