nautilus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin nautilus, from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautílos, “paper nautilus, sailor”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɔː.tɪ.ləs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.tɪ.ləs/, /ˈnɑ.tɪ.ləs/ Hyphenation: nau‧ti‧lus === Noun === nautilus (plural nautiluses or nautili) A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus. A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air. (inexact) A paper nautilus (actually an octopus). ==== Synonyms ==== chambered nautilus ==== Hypernyms ==== cephalopod ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== nautical ==== Translations ==== === References === Nautilidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies == Latin == === Alternative forms === nautilos === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautílos, “nautilus, sailor”); see naval. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnau̯.tɪ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnaːu̯.ti.lus] === Noun === nautilus m (genitive nautilī); second declension paper nautilus, argonaut (genus Argonauta) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== nauticus ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: nàutil English: nautilus French: nautile Italian: nautilo Portuguese: náutilo Romanian: nautil Spanish: nautilo Translingual: Nautilus === References === “nautilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nautilus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Noun === nautilus m (plural nautiluși) alternative form of nautil ==== Declension ====