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n. - Mollusks of the south Pacific or Indian Ocean.

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  • She married him and moved to his residence on the island of Sicily, where she was able to do her science, design her aquariums and discover her paper nautili.
  • In the chalk-pit, at the north-west end of the Hanger, large nautili are sometimes observed.
  • The most curious were the beautiful paper-nautili, which swim with their long arms extended in
  • The shell is very different from those of the other nautili in being much more deeply indented with circular striae.
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