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One on Jason's ship
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argonaut
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A pelagic octopus of the genus ''Argonauta''. 2 An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The argonauts ( genus Argonauta , the only extant genus in the family Argonautidae ) are a group of pelagic octopuses . They are also called paper nautiluses , referring to the paper-thin eggcase that females secrete. This structure lacks the gas-filled ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sailor of the Argo," 1580s (implied in argonautic ), from Argo + Greek nautes "sailor" (see naval ). Adventurers in the California Gold Rush of 1848 were called argonauts (because they sought the golden fleece) by those who stayed home.
Usage examples of argonaut.
A crowd of temples and of votive altars, profusely scattered along its steep and woody banks, attested the unskilfulness, the terrors, and the devotion of the Grecian navigators, who, after the example of the Argonauts, explored the dangers of the inhospitable Euxine.
From this crime, two daughters, Cleopatra and Chione, were con- ceived, as were the winged Argonauts, Calais and Zetes.
Charles was for beaching for the night, but Liverpool held on, steering down Tagish by the sound of the surf on the shoals and by the occasional shore-fires that advertised wrecked or timid argonauts.
Hercules, who, it seemed, had been a member of the company of Argonauts when they began their voyage a few days ago.
From the reaction of the other Argonauts, he gathered that Pelias was generally considered mean and untrustworthy, even for a king.
For all Proteus could tell, he might well have been one of the boatload of servants who had been scheduled to attend the Argonauts, before Jason and the others woke up to the fact that their narrow ship lacked room for so many non-Heroic bodies.
Several of the Argonauts claimed to have actually visited Lemnos during the past few years, and these unanimously reported that the tales of mass murder were only rumors.
A couple of Argonauts who had sampled the local pharmaceuticals had to be hauled back aboard by main force.
In an effort to discover how much local resentment, if any, the fight had created, Proteus and several other Argonauts strolled to a different quayside tavern where they entered as casual customers.
It was to discuss these, and the invitation issued to all the Argonauts, that Jason called a gathering of the entire crew beside the ship.
Some Argonauts advanced in single file, along the one narrow ledge readily available for passage.
Estimates among the Argonauts ranged from a couple dozen to a hundred.
Many of the mysterious ones had run away, but everyone still within reach of the Argonauts was dead.
Several Argonauts swore that they had seen Mel fall into the deep water, and he had never come out, and that was that.
This ship had become his only home on earth, and Jason and the Argonauts his only friends.