nautilus

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈnɔː.tɪ.ləs/
• (America) IPA: /ˈnɔ.tɪ.ləs/, /ˈnɑ.tɪ.ləs/

Noun

nautilus (plural nautiluses or nautili)

1. A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.
   • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 44

     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.

2. A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air.

Synonyms

• chambered nautilus

Translations

• French: nautile
• German: Nautilus, Perlboot
• Portuguese: náutilo
• Russian: наути́лус
• Spanish: nautilo

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