Definition of Genus Argonauta

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Argonautidae: paper nautilus.

Exact synonyms: Argonauta
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Argonautidae, Family Argonautidae
Member holonyms: Argonaut, Argonauta Argo, Nautilus, Paper Nautilus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Argonauta

genus Arctocebus
genus Arctocephalus
genus Arctonyx
genus Arctostaphylos
genus Arctotis
genus Ardea
genus Ardisia
genus Areca
genus Arenaria
genus Arenga
genus Arethusa
genus Argemone
genus Argentina
genus Argentinosaurus
genus Argiope
genus Argonauta (current term)
genus Argusianus
genus Argynnis
genus Argyranthemum
genus Argyreia
genus Argyrotaenia
genus Argyroxiphium
genus Arilus
genus Ariocarpus
genus Ariomma
genus Arisaema
genus Arisarum
genus Aristolochia
genus Aristotelia
genus Arius

Literary usage of Genus Argonauta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1853)
"Arguments in favour of the parasitic nature of the Animals found in the Shells of the genus Argonauta, Linn.—Proc. Zool. Soc. II. p. 120. ..."

2. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1836)
"He then proceeds to the genus Argonauta, and evidently leans strongly to the ... Shell unilocular, entirely external and enveloping ; Genus. Argonauta. 3. ..."

3. Outlines of Geology: Intended as a Popular Treatise on the Most Interesting by John Lee Comstock (1841)
"genus Argonauta. Shell, an involuted univalve; the spire turned into the opening, very thin, with a tubular double dorsal keel, fig. 78. ..."

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