nautiloid
English
Etymology
From nautilus + -oid.
Noun
nautiloid (plural nautiloids)
- A mollusc resembling a nautilus; specifically, a cephalopod of the subclass Nautiloidea. [from 18th c.]
- 2016, Mark Carnall, The Guardian, 17 August:
- Cephalopods have a long fossil record, the earliest certain cephalopod fossils are loosely coiled or straight shelled nautiloids found in the Cambrian of China 515 million years ago.
- 2016, Mark Carnall, The Guardian, 17 August:
Adjective
nautiloid (comparative more nautiloid, superlative most nautiloid)
- (zoology) Resembling a nautilus; pertaining to the subclass Nautiloidea. [from 19th c.]