Paper Nautilus (Noun)
Meaning
Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The paper nautilus is a unique cephalopod mollusk found in the warm waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- In the paper nautilus, the female's delicate papery spiral shell serves as a protective covering for her eggs.
- Paper nautiluses are often washed ashore after storms, their fragile shells intact despite the turbulent waters.
- The paper nautilus shell is highly prized by collectors for its delicate, translucent beauty.
- Marine biologists have long been fascinated by the paper nautilus, a cephalopod that defies many of the conventions of its class.