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English
Etymology
From nautilus + -oid.
Noun
nautiloid (plural nautiloids)
- A mollusc resembling a nautilus; specifically, a cephalopod of the subclass Nautiloidea.
2016 August 17, Mark Carnall, The Guardian:Cephalopods have a long fossil record, the earliest certain cephalopod fossils are loosely coiled or straight shelled nautiloids found in the Cambrian of China 515 million years ago.
Adjective
nautiloid (comparative more nautiloid, superlative most nautiloid)
- (zoology) Resembling a nautilus; pertaining to the subclass Nautiloidea.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French nautiloïdées.
Noun
nautiloid n (plural nautiloide)
- nautiloid
Declension