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Nautiluses
Nautilus Nau"ti*lus, n.; pl. E. Nautiluses, L. Nautili. [L., fr. gr. nayti`los a seaman, sailor, a kind of shellfish which was supposed to be furnished with a membrane which served as a sail; fr. nay^s ship. See Nave of a church.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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. Note: The head of the animal bears numerous simple tapered arms, or tentacles, arranged in groups, but not furnished with suckers. The siphon, unlike, that of ordinary cephalopods, is not a closed tube, and is not used as a locomotive organ, but merely serves to conduct water to and from the gill cavity, which contains two pairs of gills. The animal occupies only the outer chamber of the shell; the others are filled with gas. It creeps over the bottom of the sea, not coming to the surface to swim or sail, as was formerly imagined. 2. The argonaut; -- also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper. 3. A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants.

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- Nautilus is the name of several submarines, submersibles, and semisubs. They are named for the nautilus. Nautilus (1800 submarine), a French First Republic...
- USS Nautilus may refer to: USS Nautilus (1799), a 12-gun schooner (1799–1812) USS Nautilus (1838), a 76-foot coast survey schooner (1838–1859) USS Nautilus (SS-168)...
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- Nautilus may refer to the following ships: HCS Nautilus (1806), a brig of 185 tons (bm) and 14 guns, launched by the Bombay Dockyard in 1806 for the Bombay...
- The Lincoln Nautilus is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV marketed and sold by the Lincoln brand of Ford Motor Company. The Nautilus was initially renamed...
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- ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nautilus, after the Gr**** word for a sailor, including: HMS Nautilus (1762) was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1762...