nautiluses
Chambered sea creatures
Nautiluses is the plural of nautilus, a marine mollusk with a spiral chambered shell.
The nautilus is a living fossil, largely unchanged for hundreds of millions of years.
Its shell, divided into gas-filled chambers, allows it to regulate buoyancy.
The creature inhabits the outermost chamber: The aquarium's nautiluses drift slowly past the glass.
The plural nautili also appears.
Tentacled marine mollusk class
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- tentaclesFlexible grasping appendages
- shellHard outer covering
- chamberedHaving enclosed compartments
buoyancy · marine · invertebrate · jet propulsion · deep sea · nocturnal · scavenger · Pacific
Curve winding around center
- logarithmicBased on exponents
- mother-of-pearlIridescent inner shell coating
- nacreIridescent shell coating
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
chambered · septa · ornamental · jewelry · specimen · collector · cabinet · curiosity
Phi, roughly 1.618
- FibonacciPisan mathematician, numeral importer
- logarithmic spiralCurve maintaining constant tangent angle
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
- proportionsRelative amounts or dimensions
equiangular · growth curve · phi · self-similarity · fractal · pattern · symmetry · Descartes
Absence of any fault
- growthIncrease in size
- expansionIncrease in scope
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- cyclesRecurring sequences of events
evolution · mystery · ancient · wisdom · journey · renewal · transformation · ocean depths
Nineteenth-century French futurist writer
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- underwaterBelow the surface
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- literaryOf written works
Jules Verne · Captain Nemo · science fiction · Victorian · adventure · diving · submersible · nuclear
cephalopod
Tentacled marine mollusk class
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- tentaclesFlexible grasping appendages
- shellHard outer covering
chambered · buoyancy · marine · invertebrate · jet propulsion · deep sea · nocturnal · scavenger · Pacific · Indian Ocean
spiral
Curve winding around center
- logarithmicBased on exponents
- mother-of-pearlIridescent inner shell coating
- nacreIridescent shell coating
iridescent · chambered · septa · ornamental · jewelry · specimen · collector · cabinet · curiosity · polished
golden ratio
Phi, roughly 1.618
- FibonacciPisan mathematician, numeral importer
- logarithmic spiralCurve maintaining constant tangent angle
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
proportions · equiangular · growth curve · phi · self-similarity · fractal · pattern · symmetry · Descartes · Bernoulli
perfection
Absence of any fault
cycles · evolution · mystery · ancient · wisdom · journey · renewal · transformation · ocean depths · timelessness
Verne
Nineteenth-century French futurist writer
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- underwaterBelow the surface
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
Jules Verne · Captain Nemo · literary · science fiction · Victorian · adventure · diving · submersible · nuclear · atomic
- nautilus shellChambered cephalopod's outer covering
- chambered nautilusSpiral-shelled ocean mollusk
- USS NautilusFirst nuclear-powered submarine