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noun • a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power • cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells • cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions | ||||||||
| 56% | 4 | Sleeves; octopus tentacles; or, sides of chairs supporting human forelimbs of the same name | ||||||
noun • weapons considered collectively • the official symbols of a family, state, etc. | ||||||||
| 47% | 7 | Marine mollusk named for its earlike tentacles | ||||||
noun • naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles | ||||||||
From The Greek For Sailor A Marine Mollusc Whose Name Originally Referred To The Floating Argonaut Octopus Wrongly Believed By Aristotle To Use Its Tentacles As Sails Crossword Clue
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NAUTILUS which was last seen in the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword.
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NAUTILUS
Updated: October 12, 2023
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Translating as “mad words, crazy speech”, an old form of Japanese comedy, traditionally performed during intermissions of Noh playsA hide; the body’s somatosensory cutis; sausage casing; potato peel; a drum; or, a layer that forms on the top of hot custard or milk as it cools
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