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noun
A pelagic octopus of genus Argonauta, found in warm seas, whose females produce a paper-thin egg case resembling a shell into which she deposits her eggs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nautilus, Argonaut, Argonauta argo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: octopod
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