paper nautilus

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Argonaut (animal)

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Argonauta

Noun

paper nautilus (plural paper nautiluses or paper nautili)

A pelagic octopus of genus Argonauta, found in warm seas, whose females produce a paper-thin egg case resembling a shell into which she deposits her eggs.

Synonyms

argonaut

Translations

a type of octopus

Maori: mūheke, pūpū tarakihi

Anagrams

Upper Lusatian

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