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Webster 1913 Edition


Nautiloid

Nau′ti-loid

,
Adj.
[
Nautilus
+
-oid
: cf. F.
nautiloïde
.]
(Zool.)
Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell.
Noun.
A mollusk, or shell, of the genus
Nautilus
or family
Nautilidae
.

Definition 2024


nautiloid

nautiloid

English

Adjective

nautiloid (comparative more nautiloid, superlative most nautiloid)

  1. (zoology) Resembling a nautilus.

Noun

nautiloid (plural nautiloids)

  1. Any mollusc or shell of the genus Nautilus or family Nautilidae.