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Noun: pearly nautilus
  1. Cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
    "The pearly nautilus's beautiful spiral shell has inspired poets and artists for centuries";
    - chambered nautilus, nautilus

Derived forms: pearly nautiluses

Type of: cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk

Part of: genus Nautilus