argonaut

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English

argonaut (sense 1)

Etymology

Generalised use of Argonaut.

Noun

argonaut (plural argonauts)

  1. Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
    • 2018 March 27, Mark Carnall, The Guardian:
      Amazingly, it wasn’t until 2010 that scientists experimentally understood how argonauts use their shell constructions to float in the water column and control buoyancy.
  2. An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
  3. (specifically, historical) A 49er, a person who took part in the California Gold Rush of 1849.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French argonaute.

Noun

argonaut m (plural argonauți)

  1. argonaut

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative argonaut argonautul argonauți argonauții
genitive-dative argonaut argonautului argonauți argonauților
vocative argonautule argonauților