Meaning of chambered nautilus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers.
2. A nautilus of species Nautilus pompilius.

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Examples

“He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral.”

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