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nautiloid

noun

Etymology

From nautilus + -oid.

Definitions

  1. A mollusc resembling a nautilus

    A mollusc resembling a nautilus; specifically, a cephalopod of the subclass Nautiloidea.

    • Cephalopods have a long fossil record, the earliest certain cephalopod fossils are loosely coiled or straight shelled nautiloids found in the Cambrian of China 515 million years ago.

  2. Resembling a nautilus.

  3. Pertaining to the subclass Nautiloidea.

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