The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata.
A cephalopod mollusk of the genus Nautilus, especially N. pompilius, found in the Indian and Pacific oceans and having a spiral, pearly-lined shell with a series of air-filled chambers. Also called chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus.
cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
a sea creature that creates its shell
Nautilus is the next generation file manager for GNOME.
nautiloids: a type of cephalopod mollusc with a coiled shell, tentacles and nervous system. Nautiloids first appeared in the Devonian, and live in deep tropical oceans today. Nautiloids are thought to be a descendant of the extinct ammonites and are sometimes referred to as 'living fossils' because they have helped us to understand how ammonites lived. Page up
A soft-bodied marine animal with many arms and a spiral shell. Nautiluses are related to octopuses and squid.
shell or circular shape commonly seen in fractals.
Nautilus is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop. The name is a play on words, evoking the image of a nautilus shell to represent an operating system shell. Nautilus replaced Midnight Commander in GNOME 1.4 and was the default from version 2.0 onwards.
Nautilus (from Greek nautilos, 'sailor') is the common name of any marine creatures of the cephalopod family Nautilidae, the sole family of the suborder Nautilina. It comprises six species in two genera, the type of which is the genus Nautilus. Though it more specifically refers to the species Nautilus pompilius, the name chambered nautilus is also used for any species of the Nautilidae.