genus nautilus

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   type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae

   Broadermollusk genus

   Part ofNautilidae

Questions about genus nautilus

What does genus nautilus mean?

genus nautilus means "type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae".

Is genus nautilus a common word?

genus nautilus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.