The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nautiloid \Nau"ti*loid\, a. [Nautilus + -oid: cf. F. nautilo["i]de.] (Zo["o]l.) Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell. -- n. A mollusk, or shell, of the genus Nautilus or family Nautilid[ae].
Wiktionary
a. (context zoology English) Resembling a nautilus. n. Any mollusc or shell of the genus (taxlink Nautilus genus noshow=1) or family ''(taxlink Nautilidae family noshow=1)''.
Wikipedia
Nautiloids are a large and diverse group of marine cephalopods ( Mollusca) belonging to the subclass Nautiloidea that began in the Late Cambrian and are represented today by the living Nautilus and Allonautilus. Nautiloids flourished during the early Paleozoic era, where they constituted the main predatory animals, and developed an extraordinary diversity of shell shapes and forms. Some 2,500 species of fossil nautiloids are known, but only a handful of species survive to the present day.
Usage examples of "nautiloid".
He looked back at them coldly as the nautiloid retreated down the narrow channel.
The indicators of both the fleeing nautiloid and the larger vessel had fallen off, lost somewhere in the jumble of debris on the floor.
He felt the nautiloid shudder as he reached out with his mind and plucked the helm away from his helmsman, Corontea, and imagined that both ships were slowing .
It dwarfed his tiny ship and threatened to impale the nautiloid upon its spiraled turrets.
Its starboard wing tilted up to meet the nautiloid, and Teldin focused on the great empty area along the wing.
Sharp points of debris flung against his cloak as the nautiloid smashed into the wing.
The chambered nautiloid blew away like nothing more than ashes, and underneath it all, he could hear only the screams of his terrified crew.
A specially outfitted wasp dove straight for a nautiloid and rammed straight through the side of its shell-like hull.
Immediately, a score of warriors swarmed over the grappling ram and through the great rent in the nautiloid, attacking its crew upon sight.
Inside was a scale model of a nautiloid, gleaming in perfect condition.
The nautiloid shot four heavy ballistae and four heavy catapults simultaneously at the starboard wing batteries.
As the shadow of the nautiloid passed over their heads, Lord Agate Ironlord Kova ordered his troops to return fire.
Amur River, where the curve of the stolen nautiloid still poked up through the ice.
The nautiloid sank slowly through the water, as if not quite believing its luck, then jetted away, shell-first, its tentacles trailing.
The nautiloid appeared to drift aft, hanging like an ersatz moon over the deck rail, until it settled almost directly astern.