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–noun

1.	Classical Mythology. a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.

2.	(sometimes lowercase) a person in quest of something dangerous but rewarding; adventurer.

3.	a person who moved to California during the gold rush of 1849.

4.	(lowercase) paper nautilus.

[Origin: < L Argonauta < Gk Argonaútés crewman of the ship Argo; see nautical

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—Related forms

Ar·go·nau·tic, adjective

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n. See paper nautilus.

[New Latin Argonauta, genus name, from Latin Argonautae, Argonauts; see Argonaut.]

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Ar·go·naut Audio Help (är'gə-nôt') Pronunciation Key
n.

Greek Mythology One who sailed with Jason on the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.
also argonaut A person who is engaged in a dangerous but rewarding quest; an adventurer.

[From Latin Argonautae, Argonauts, from Greek Argonautēs, Argonaut : Argō, the ship Argo + nautēs, sailor (from naus, ship; see nāu- in Indo-European roots).]

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paper nautilus
n. A cephalopod mollusk (Argonauta argo) with eight tentacles, the female of which inhabits a paper-thin shell that later acts as an egg case. Also called argonaut.

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argonaut
noun
1.	someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure
2.	(Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece
3.	cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells [syn: paper nautilus]