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Noun: argonaut  'aa(r)-gu,not
  1. Someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure
    "The gold rush attracted many argonauts to California"
     
  2. Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
    "The female argonaut carries her eggs in her delicate shell";
    - paper nautilus, nautilus, Argonauta argo
Noun: Argonaut  'aa(r)-gu,not
  1. (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece
    - Argonauts

Derived forms: argonauts, Argonauts

Type of: adventurer, character, fictional character, fictitious character, octopod, venturer

Part of: Argonauta, genus Argonauta

Encyclopedia: Argonaut