nautilus

nautilus is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata.
2. noun. The argonaut; -- also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper.
3. noun. A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants.
4. noun. cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
5. noun. cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells

   Synonyms: argonaut

6. noun. a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power

Synonyms

argonaut

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in nautilus:

lutianus, ustulina

Common word forms

nautiluses

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