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Meaning of Nautilus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈnɔː.tɪ.ləs

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, of which Nautilus is the type genus.
  2. A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air.
  3. A paper nautilus (actually an octopus).

Equivalents

العربية نوتي نوتيلاس
Català nàutil
Čeština loděnka
Deutsch Nautilus Perlboot
Ελληνικά ναυτίλος
Español nautilo
Suomi helmivene
Français nautile
Íslenska snekkja
Italiano nautilo
Nederlands nautilus poliepslak
Polski łodzik nautilus
Português náutilo
Română nautil
Türkçe notilus
Tiếng Việt ốc anh vũ

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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