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pearly nautilus
(redirected from pearly nautiluses)

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pearly nautilus
n.
See nautilus.
pearly nautilus
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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 stripes Also called chambered nautilus Compare paper nautilus
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Noun1.pearly nautiluspearly nautilus - cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
chambered 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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