chambered nautilus

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Определение chambered nautilus в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

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

Расстановка переносов

chambered nau·ti·lus

Турецкое произношение

çeymbırd nôtılıs

Синонимы

nautilus

Произношение

/ˈʧāmbərd ˈnôtələs/ /ˈʧeɪmbɜrd ˈnɔːtələs/

Этимология

() Latin nautilos (nautilus, sailor).