nautiloid

English

Etymology

From nautilus +‎ -oid.

Noun

nautiloid (plural nautiloids)

  1. A mollusc resembling a nautilus; specifically, a cephalopod of the subclass Nautiloidea. [from 18th c.]
    • 2016 August 17, Mark Carnall, The Guardian‎[1]:
      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.

Adjective

nautiloid (comparative more nautiloid, superlative most nautiloid)

  1. (zoology, botany) Resembling a nautilus. [from 19th c.]
  2. (zoology) Pertaining to the subclass Nautiloidea. [from 19th c.]

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nautiloïdées. By surface analysis, nautil +‎ -oid.

Noun

nautiloid n (plural nautiloide)

  1. nautiloid

Declension

Declension of nautiloid
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative nautiloid nautiloidul nautiloide nautiloidele
genitive-dative nautiloid nautiloidului nautiloide nautiloidelor
vocative nautiloidule nautiloidelor
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