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ARGONAUT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells

Synonyms:

Argonaut; Argonauta argo; nautilus; paper nautilus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Argonaut" is a kind of...):

octopod (a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell)

Holonyms ("Argonaut" is a member of...):

Argonauta; genus Argonauta (type genus of the family Argonautidae: paper nautilus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("argonaut" is a kind of...):

adventurer; venturer (a person who enjoys taking risks)

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