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argonaut

Octopus living in the open sea, genus Argonauta. The female of the common paper nautilus, A. argo, is 20 cm/8 in across, and secretes a spiralled papery shell for her eggs from the web of the first pair of arms. The male is a shell-less dwarf, 1 cm/0.4 in across.
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Similarly the story of the Argonauts appears from the fragments (37-42) to have been told in some detail.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
But the Argonauts saw that this good king looked downcast and very much troubled, and they therefore inquired of him what was the matter.
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Involuntarily the names of Naxos, Tenedos, and Carpathos, rise before the mind, and we seek vainly for Ulysses' vessel or the "clipper" of the Argonauts.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
 
 
 
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