nautilus
pronunciation
How to pronounce nautilus in British English:
UK [ˈnɔ:tɪləs]
How to pronounce nautilus in American English:
US ['nɔtɪləs]
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- Noun:
- a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
- cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
- cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
Word Origin
- nautilus (n.)
- marine cephalopod, c. 1600, from Latin nautilus, in Pliny a kind of marine snail (including also squid, cuttlefish, polyps, etc.), from Greek nautilos "paper nautilus," literally "sailor," from nautes "sailor," from naus "ship" (see naval). The cephalopod formerly was thought to use its webbed arms as sails.
Example
- 1. Nautilus minerals , based in vancouver , is the more advanced of the pair .
- 2. Nautilus has not agreed to that , but says it will take steps to preserve vents .
- 3. A fan created by pax scientific borrows from the patterns of swirling kelp , nautilus and whelks to move air more efficiently .
- 4. But the results , like the nautilus in the photo gallery that accompanies this piece , are worth it .
- 5. The nautilus institute has been involved in energy projects in north korea since 1992 and has collated what diplomats describe as the most credible snapshots of energy supply there .