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octopod vs nautilus

nautilus vs octopod

octopod and nautilus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
octopod Yes No No No
nautilus Yes No No No
As nouns, nautilus is a hyponym of octopod; that is, nautilus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than octopod:
  • octopod: a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell
  • nautilus: cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
Other hyponyms of octopod include devilfish, octopus, Argonaut, Argonauta argo, paper nautilus.
octopod (noun) nautilus (noun)
a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
Difference between octopod and nautilus

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