nautilus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

nautĭlus or nautĭlŏs, i, m., = ναυτίλος,

the nautilus, a shell-fish so called because it sails like a vessel , Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88; cf. nauplius and naviger.

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