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Noun: paper nautilus  'pey-pu(r) 'no-t(u-)lus
  1. Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
    - nautilus, Argonaut, Argonauta argo

Derived forms: paper nautiluses

Type of: octopod

Part of: Argonauta, genus Argonauta

Encyclopedia: Paper nautilus