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Webster 1913 Edition

Argonauta

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Arˊgo-nau′ta

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called
paper nautilus
or
paper sailor
.
☞ The animal has much resemblance to an Octopus. It has eight arms, two of which are expanded at the end and clasp the shell, but are never elevated in the air for sails as was formerly supposed. The creature swims beneath the surface by means of a jet of water, like other cephalopods. The male has no shell, and is much smaller than the female. See
Hectocotylus
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Argonauta

ARGONAUT'A

,
Noun.
[See Argonaut.]
A genus of shell-fish, of the order of vermes testacea. The shell consists of one spiral involuted valve. There are several species; one of which is the Argo, with a subdentated carina, the famous nautilus, which, when it sails, extends two of its arms, spreading a membrane, which serves for a sail, and six other arms are thrown out, for rowing or steering.

Definition 2024

Argonauta

Argonauta

See also: argonauta

Translingual

Argonauta argo

Proper noun

Argonauta f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Argonautidae – argonauts.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Portuguese

Noun

Argonauta m or f (in variation) (plural Argonautas)

  1. (biochemistry, genetics) argonaute (any of a group of proteins responsible for RNA interference)

argonauta

argonauta

See also: Argonauta

Italian

Noun

argonauta m ‎(plural argonauti)

  1. Argonaut
  2. argonaut (marine animal)

Portuguese

Noun

argonauta m (plural argonautas)

  1. (Greek mythology) Argonaut (a member of the Argo who searched for the Golden Fleece)
  2. argonaut (a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta)

Noun

argonauta m f (plural argonautas)

  1. argonaut (an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest)

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