Definition of Nautiloid. Meaning of Nautiloid. Synonyms of Nautiloid

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Definition of Nautiloid

Nautiloid
Nautiloid Nau"ti*loid, a. [Nautilus + -oid: cf. F. nautilo["i]de.] (Zo["o]l.) Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell. -- n. A mollusk, or shell, of the genus Nautilus or family Nautilid[ae].

Meaning of Nautiloid from wikipedia

- Nautiloids are a group of marine cephalopods (Mollusca) which originated in the Late Cambrian and are represented today by the living Nautilus and Allonautilus...
- is the long, cone-shaped s**** belonging to several species of ancient nautiloid cephalopod—the prehistoric ancestors of today's marine cephalopod mollusks...
- "straight", and κέρας (kéras), meaning "horn", is a genus of extinct nautiloid cephalopod restricted to Middle Ordovician-aged marine limestones of the...
- chambers enclosed between two adjacent septa in the phragmocone of a nautiloid or ammonoid cephalopod molluscus. These can be seen in cross-sections...
- found. The septal curvature in nautiloids and ammonoids also differ in that the septa curves towards the opening in nautiloids, and away from the opening...
- This list of nautiloids is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the subclass Nautiloidea, excluding purely vernacular...
- became dominant during the Ordovician period, represented by primitive nautiloids. The class now contains two, only distantly related, extant subclasses:...
- (éndon), meaning "inside", and κέρας (kéras), meaning "horn", is an extinct nautiloid order, a group of cephalopods from the Lower Paleozoic with cone-like...
- descending from bactritoid nautiloids. Ammonoids during this time period were simple and differed little from their nautiloid counterparts. These ammonoids...
- Lyecoceras is a gender of slender endogastrically curved orthocerids, so determined by identification of the hyponomic sinus on the concave side. The siphuncle...