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Word of the Day - argonaut
Sometimes we are at sea about what word to use. A good dictionary and thesaurus are helpful. Asking a teacher isn't bad, either.
argonaut
/ˈɑːɡ(ə)nɔːt/
noun
A small floating octopus, the female of which has webbed sail-like arms
and secretes a thin coiled papery shell in which the eggs are laid.
Genus Argonauta, order Octopoda
Also called paper nautilus
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Here Jason was in his ignorance, thinking argonauts were some group of adventurous sailors out of ancient Greece. Instead he finds they are little octopus critters with a shell. [Wasn't there
even a movie?]
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