Argonaut and Nautilus

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Argonaut noun - Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells.

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Nautilus is a synonym for argonaut. In some cases you can use "Nautilus" instead a noun "Argonaut".

Nautilus noun - Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells.

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Argonaut is a synonym for nautilus. You can use "Argonaut" instead a noun "Nautilus".

An extreme example is the argonaut, where the female is about 5 times larger than the male, and secretes a calcareous egg case that looks like a nautilus shell, using a pair of highly-modified tentacles.

Source: Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism

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