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chambered nautili

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nau⋅ti⋅lus

  [nawt-l-uhs, not-]
–noun, plural nau⋅ti⋅lus⋅es, nau⋅ti⋅li  [nawt-l-ahy, not-] for 1, 2.
1. Also called chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus. any cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, having a spiral, chambered shell with pearly septa.
2. paper nautilus.
3. (initial capital letter) the first nuclear-powered submarine launched by the U.S. Navy.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L < Gk nautílos paper nautilus, lit., sailor, deriv. of naûs ship; the webbed dorsal arms of the paper nautilus were thought to have been used as sails
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