"paper nautilus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paper nautiluses [plural], paper nautili [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|+|paper nautili}} paper nautilus (plural paper nautiluses or paper nautili)
  1. A pelagic octopus of genus Argonauta, found in warm seas, whose females produce a paper-thin egg case resembling a shell into which she deposits her eggs. Wikipedia link: Argonaut (animal) Categories (lifeform): Octopuses Synonyms: argonaut Translations (a type of octopus): mūheke (Maori), pūpū tarakihi (Maori)

Inflected forms

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