argonautˈɑr gəˌnɔt, -ˌnɒt
argonaut (n)
- plural
- argonauts
English Definitions:
argonaut (noun)
someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure
Argonaut (noun)
(Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece
paper nautilus, nautilus, Argonaut, Argonauta argo (noun)
cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
argonaut (Noun)
A pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta.
argonaut (Noun)
An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
Argonaut (ProperNoun)
One of the members of the Argo who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece.
Argonaut (ProperNoun)
Any of several ships and submarines of the British and US navies.
Argonaut (ProperNoun)
Team name for the Toronto, Ontario franchise of the Canadian Football League (CFL)
Argonaut
The argonauts are a group of pelagic octopuses. They are also called paper nautiluses, referring to the paper-thin eggcase that females secrete. This structure lacks the gas-filled chambers present in chambered nautilus shells and is not a true cephalopod shell, but rather an evolutionary innovation unique to the genus Argonauta. It is used as a brood chamber and for trapped surface air to maintain buoyancy. Argonauts are found in tropical and subtropical waters worldwide; they live in the open ocean, i.e. they are pelagic. Like most octopuses, they have a rounded body, eight arms and no fins. However, unlike most octopuses, argonauts live close to the sea surface rather than on the seabed. Argonauta species are characterised by very large eyes and small distal webs. The funnel–mantle locking apparatus is a major diagnostic feature of this taxon. It consists of knob-like cartilages in the mantle and corresponding depressions in the funnel. Unlike the closely allied genera Ocythoe and Tremoctopus, Argonauta species lack water pores. Of its names, "argonaut" means "sailor on the Argo"; "nautilus" is derived from the Greek ναυτίλος, meaning "sailor", because it was formerly supposed that Argonauta used their shell-secreting arms as sails when they were at the surface.
argonaut
The Argonauts (; Ancient Greek: Ἀργοναῦται, Argonautai, 'Argo sailors') were a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War (around 1300 BC) accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, Argo, named after its builder, Argus. They were sometimes called Minyans, after a prehistoric tribe in the area.
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