argonaut
See also: Argonaut
English edit
Etymology edit
Generalised use of Argonaut.
Noun edit
argonaut (plural argonauts)
- Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
- 2018 March 27, Mark Carnall, The Guardian:
- Amazingly, it wasn’t until 2010 that scientists experimentally understood how argonauts use their shell constructions to float in the water column and control buoyancy.
- An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
- (specifically, historical) A 49er, a person who took part in the California Gold Rush of 1849.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta
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an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest
Further reading edit
- argonaut (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French argonaute.
Noun edit
argonaut m (plural argonauți)
Declension edit
Declension of argonaut
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) argonaut | argonautul | (niște) argonauți | argonauții |
genitive/dative | (unui) argonaut | argonautului | (unor) argonauți | argonauților |
vocative | argonautule | argonauților |