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1. greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo)Usually written using kana alone, See also 葵貝
Wikipedia definition
2. Argonauta argoArgonauta argo, also known as the greater argonaut, is a species of pelagic octopus belonging to the genus Argonauta. The female of the species, like all argonauts, creates a paper-thin eggcase that coils around the octopus much like the way a nautilus lives in its shell, hence the name paper nautilus. The Chinese name for this species translates as "white sea-horse's nest". A. argo was the first argonaut species to be described and is consequently the type species of the genus. A.
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