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    CHAMBERED NAUTILUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitionsplay

    Synonyms:

    chambered nautilus; nautilus; pearly nautilus

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("chambered nautilus" is a kind of...):

    cephalopod; cephalopod mollusk (marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles)

    Holonyms ("chambered nautilus" is a member of...):

    genus Nautilus (type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae)

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