nautilus

a sea mollusk with a spiral shell

Root

  • naut: sailor or voyager

Other words with the naut root

  • aeronaut: air traveler or balloonist
  • argonaut: adventurer or member of Jason's mythical crew
  • astronaut: space traveler
  • cosmonaut: space traveler especially in the Russian tradition
  • nautical: relating to sailors ships or sea travel

Nautilus comes through the sailor family. The little sea creature carries a sailor name.

The nautilus drifts through the sea with a shell that looks almost engineered.

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