Definition of Genus nautilus

1. Noun. Type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae.

Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Nautilidae, Nautilidae
Member holonyms: Chambered Nautilus, Nautilus, Pearly Nautilus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nautilus

genus Naemorhedus
genus Nageia
genus Naias
genus Naja
genus Najas
genus Nanomia
genus Napaea
genus Narcissus
genus Narthecium
genus Nasalis
genus Nasturtium
genus Nasua
genus Natrix
genus Nauclea
genus Naucrates
genus Nautilus
genus Necturus
genus Negaprion
genus Nelumbo
genus Nemophila
genus Neoceratodus
genus Neofiber
genus Neohygrophorus
genus Neolentinus
genus Neomys
genus Neophron
genus Neotoma
genus Nepa
genus Nepenthes
genus Nepeta

Literary usage of Genus nautilus

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

1. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1839)
"There is one very interesting fact, with regard to the genus Nautilus, ... Next in order to the genus Nautilus, we have mentioned one which will be new to ..."

2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1891)
"Then follows the genus Nautilus, of which, according to a table given by the author in ... It is true that there are often met with in the genus Nautilus ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In the widest sense the genus Nautilus has existed unce the Ordovician (Silurian) period, but the oldest types are not properly to be placed in the same ..."

4. Aide-mémoire to the Military Sciences: Framed from Contributions of Officers by Great Britain Army. Royal Engineers (1862)
"From these descriptions it is manifest that the genus Nautilus was still in a highly developed state in the Eocene formation : it continued so in the ..."

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