Aphrodite with the "nautilus," by which is meant the argonaut of zoologists. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
How wouldt you feel if you rescued der argonaut, and lose your chump; dell me dot?. From Wordnik.com. [Boy Scouts on a Long Hike Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps] Reference
Having accepted the wind for his pilot, our argonaut seeks no improvement upon his aërial raft. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
The nautilus (or argonaut) is a poulpe or octopus, but one peculiar both in its nature and its habits. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
Aphrodite was associated not only with the cowry, the pearl, and the mandrake, but also with the octopus, the argonaut, and other cephalopods. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
Tümpel seems to imagine that the identification of the goddess with the argonaut and the octopus necessarily excludes her association with molluscs; and Dr. Rendel Harris attributes an equally exclusive importance to the mandrake. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
The type of the argonaut itself begins to disappear. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance] Reference
England argonaut, Sir William Phips, may be found in T. & W. From Wordnik.com. [History of American Literature] Reference
A week's journey from the settlements showed the argonaut a new world. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado] Reference
What, indeed, would this argonaut of the press take in exchange for his soul?. From Wordnik.com. [William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist] Reference
Do you appreciate the amazing optimistic confidence of this bankrupt argonaut?. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Commonwealth] Reference
We have not spoken of the Chancellor as an argonaut, of the Chancellor as a colonizer. From Wordnik.com. [The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891] Reference
The varieties of the paper nautilus, or argonaut, are the most delicate and beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [How to See the British Museum in Four Visits] Reference
A female argonaut grows up to 10 cm (~ 4 in.) with shells as large as 45 cm (~ 18 in.). From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
In the argonaut, a species of cuttle-fish, fecundation is effected in a most extraordinary manner. From Wordnik.com. [Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.] Reference
The lonely argonaut could be ensnared by nets, enveloped by squid, attacked by sharks, run down by ships. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Edinburgh's own The Medical Phone is just about set to unleash the mobile for the true argonaut in the iCEphone. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
He was an argonaut of the Rockies and a citizen of Montana and of other Western territories before the coming of the days of law. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado] Reference
Looking at the first sense of "argosy," you might assume that this word is a close relative of "argonaut," but that isn't the case. From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
On reaching full development, and becoming filled with spermatozoa, this curious arm detaches itself from the body of the argonaut, and begins an independent life. From Wordnik.com. [Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.] Reference
Floating through the water, it by and by finds a female argonaut, with which it connects itself, and impregnates it with the spermatozoa transported from the male. From Wordnik.com. [Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.] Reference
Capitol Hill. my wife and i have a bunch of groupons for the argonaut. i know its not cash in hand, but would turning those over to them unclaimed be a proper donation?. From Wordnik.com. [Frozen Tropics] Reference
WinMo-powered iCEphone comes to life, looks scary - Filed under: Cellphones Edinburgh's own The Medical Phone is just about set to unleash the mobile for the true argonaut in the iCEphone. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
The singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, filmmaker and all-around argonaut had an offer to become a house producer for Elektra Records, which issued his influential 1967 album with John Koerner. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
It is in the second great epoch, the Silurian, that the cuttle-fish tribe, still fairly represented by the nautilus, the argonaut, the squid, and the octopus, first began to make their appearance upon this or any other stage. From Wordnik.com. [Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science] Reference
At all the landings and along the new roads, once trails, little settlements are springing up, for your unlucky argonaut turns to the nearest avocation; inns, stables, lodging-houses and trading-tents are waited on by men of every calling and profession. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance] Reference
Linneus adds to his description of this animal, that like the Crab Diogenes or Bernhard, it occupies a house not its own, as it is not connected to its shell, and is therefore foreign to it; who could have given credit to this if it had not been attested by so many who have with their own eyes seen this argonaut in the act of sailing?. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation] Reference
I think showed b4 liao its a bit like jason ant the argonaut type. From Wordnik.com. [www.hardwarezone.com.sg] Reference
I think showed b4 liao its a bit like jason ant the argonaut type Long long time ago, think before the new one was even scripted. From Wordnik.com. [www.hardwarezone.com.sg] Reference
November 9, 2009, 1: 42 pm argonaut. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » I Thought This Was A Gag…] Reference
Which, as the argonaut with mining pan. From Wordnik.com. ['A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts] Reference
But that's not why argonaut is on this list. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
Possible application? argonaut. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews] Reference
9. argonaut. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
Posted by: argonaut on October 11, 2006 10: 54 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Burner Aided By Rapist's Apologist At Fundrai$er Tomorrow] Reference
Aphrodite was at one and the same time the personification of the cowry, the conch shell, the purple shell, the pearl, the lotus, and the lily, the mandrake and the bryony, the incense tree and the cedar, the octopus and the argonaut, the pig, and the cow. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
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