Nautiloid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nautiloid \Nau"ti*loid\, a. [Nautilus + -oid: cf. F.
     nautilo["i]de.] (Zool.)
     Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus
     shell. -- n. A mollusk, or shell, of the genus {Nautilus} or
     family {Nautilidae}.
     [1913 Webster]