nautiloid

nautiloid
nautiloid [nôt′'l oid΄]
n.
< ModL Nautiloidea: see NAUTILUS & -OID
any of a subclass (Nautiloidea) of cephalopods with chambered, coiled, or straight external shells: the nautiluses are the only remaining representatives

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nau·ti·loid (nôtʹl-oid') n.
A mollusk of the subclass Nautiloidea, which includes the nautiluses and numerous extinct species known only from fossils.
  [From New Latin Nautiloīdea, subclass name : Latin nautilus, nautilus; see nautilus + Greek -oeidēs, -oid.]   nauʹti·loid adj.

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