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paper nautilus Definition


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paper nautilus
noun
    1. Any of various small octopuses, native to open seas, so called because the female secretes a thin-walled papery egg-case which is carried by her.
Etymology: 19c: paper + nautilus; apparently Aristotle believed that it used its arms as sails.



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