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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

Argonauta

, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] + [GREEK] sailor, [GREEK] ship. See

Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

(Zool.)

A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.

One of those who went to California in search of gold shortly after it was discovered there in 1848.

[U. S.]

Bret Harte.

Noun.

[of Jason's ship, and a sailor.]

One of the persons who sailed to Colchis with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the golden fleece.