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ARGONAUT
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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:
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:
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)