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nautiloid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables
nau-tiloid
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mollusc resembling a nautilus; specifically, a cephalopod of the subclass Nautiloidea.

adj

Resembling a nautilus.

adj

Pertaining to the subclass Nautiloidea.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From nautilus + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

nautiloids (plural) more nautiloid (comparative) most nautiloid (superlative)

Questions

What does nautiloid mean?
A mollusc resembling a nautilus; specifically, a cephalopod of the subclass Nautiloidea.
Where does nautiloid come from?
From nautilus + -oid.

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