WordNet
pearly nautilus
n. cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions [syn: chambered nautilus, nautilus]
Usage examples of "pearly nautilus".
Survived only by its far more primitive relative, the pearly nautilus.
But although Mr Adams had been very active in framing the rules, he and others turned shy at the last moment, and the pearly nautilus passed round for the stakes held only a half-guinea, an assortment of English silver, and three pieces of eight, the contribution of the remaining competitors, Mowett, Rowan, and Driver, the new Marine officer shipped at Malta, a very ample, pink, amiable young man with weak eyes and a way of chuckling to himself.