chambered nautilus

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von chambered nautilus im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A marine mollusc, of the family Argonautidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers

He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral.

cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions

Silbentrennung

chambered nau·ti·lus

Türkische aussprache

çeymbırd nôtılıs

Synonyme

nautilus

Aussprache

/ˈʧāmbərd ˈnôtələs/ /ˈʧeɪmbɜrd ˈnɔːtələs/

Etymologie

() Latin nautilos (nautilus, sailor).