Crossword clues for argonauta
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Argonauta \Ar`go*nau"ta\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.
Note: The animal has much resemblance to an Octopus. It has eight arms, two of which are expanded at the end and clasp the shell, but are never elevated in the air for sails as was formerly supposed. The creature swims beneath the surface by means of a jet of water, like other cephalopods. The male has no shell, and is much smaller than the female. See Hectocotylus.
Usage examples of "argonauta".
The Argonauta and Bahama were defended till they had each lost about four hundred men.
It was such that when, two days after the action, seven of the ships which had escaped into Cadiz came out in hopes of re-taking some of the disabled prizes, the prisoners in the Argonauta, in a body, offered their services to the British prize master, to man the guns against any of the French ships, saying, that if a Spanish ship came alongside, they would quietly go below.
The Spanish Argonauta intercepted Joshua, and the two of them squared off in a furious duel of their own, but Halve Maan took station just astern of Amelia and began hammering away at Santiago's starboard quarter.