Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: nautilus
IPA transcription: [n'ɔtələs]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: chambered_nautilus, pearly_nautilus, nautilus
    Meaning: cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
  • Synonyms: paper_nautilus, nautilus, Argonaut, Argonauta_argo
    Meaning: cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
  • Synonyms: nautilus, nuclear_submarine, nuclear-powered_submarine
    Meaning: a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
Usage examples
  • "To the Nautilus," he said.
  • The Nautilus had cleared 8,100 miles.
  • "Won't they come inside the Nautilus?"
  • "Like them, the Nautilus has run aground!"
  • Their luminous trail guided us to the Nautilus.
  • "The Nautilus is bringing us to Vanikoro?" I asked.
  • Now some twenty dugout canoes were surrounding the Nautilus.
  • The Nautilus sank a few meters beneath the waves, and the panels opened.
  • One of these chieftains came fairly close to the Nautilus, examining it with care.
  • The hatches were open. After mooring the skiff, we reentered the Nautilus's interior.