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How to pronounce argonaut in English?

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Synonyms argonauta argo, nautilus, paper nautilus
Type of octopod
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Type of venturer, adventurer

Examples of argonaut

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At last we know why female argonaut octopuses have a shell, but the males don't.
From the newscientist.com
Argonaut yesterday said the decision allowed for mining developments to be vetoed.
From the smh.com.au
The argonaut presumably used these channels to suck food particles from the gastral cavity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
For most of his life Lindbergh was looked upon as an argonaut of the air age, a Ulysses from Minnesota.
From the time.com
Argonaut Hotel A small, luxury and nautically themed hotel.
From the couriermail.com.au
Argonaut, which pays 6.4%, helps diversify their income.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
The ocean-dwelling argonaut octopus, aka paper nautilus, has a penis that can detach, find a mate, and return to its owner via the power of a tail.
From the independent.co.uk
The authors found that about half of the animal's aboral surface was damaged and large pieces of mesoglea were missing, presumably removed by the argonaut.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Argonaut founder David Gerstenhaber also is avoiding stocks, though he says the dollar could do well if deflation arises, as all kinds of borrowers slash debt.
From the online.wsj.com
More examples
  • Someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure
  • (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece
  • Paper nautilus: cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
  • The argonauts (genus Argonauta, the only extant genus in the Argonautidae family) are a group of pelagic octopuses. They are also called paper nautiluses, referring to the paper-thin eggcase that females secrete. ...
  • The Argonaut was an American automobile manufactured from 1959 to 1963, or at least the company is listed as being in existence during those years. The Argonaut Motor Machine Corporation was based in Cleveland, Ohio. The company's president was Richard S. Luntz (1919u20132006).
  • The Argonaut was a class of submarines built by engineer Simon Lake. When used without clarification generally refers to the second built and larger one launched in 1897 at Baltimore. She was long, cigar shaped and built of steel. ...
  • The Argonaut was the Southern Pacific Railroad's secondary transcontinental passenger train, inaugurated in 1926, and operated between New Orleans and Los Angeles via Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso, Texas; Demming, New Mexico; Douglas and Tucson, Arizona; and Palm Springs, California, until ...
  • The Argonaut was a literary journal based in San Francisco, California that ran from 1877 to 1893, founded and published by Frank M. Pixley. The magazine was known for containing strong political Americanism combined with art and literature. ...
  • The Argonaut Building, renamed in 2009 the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education (originally the Argonaut, or General Motors Research Laboratory), is a large office building located in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. ...