Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARGONAUT

n.[of Jason's ship, and a sailor. ] One of the persons who sailed to Colchis with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the golden fleece.

 

ARGONAUTA

n.[See Argonaut. ] A genus of shell-fish, of the order of vermes testacea. The shell consists of one spiral involuted valve. There are several species; one of which is the Argo, with a subdentated carina, the famous nautilus, which, when it sails, extends two of its arms, spreading a membrane, which serves for a sail, and six other arms are thrown out, for rowing or steering.

 

ARGONAUTIC

a.Pertaining to the Argonauts, or to their voyage to Colchis; as the Argonautic story.

 

ARGONAUTICS

n.A poem on the subject of Jason's voyage, or the expedition of the Argonauts; as, the Argonautics of Orpheus, of V. Flaccus, and of Apollonius Rhodius.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARGONAUT

Ar "go *naut, n. Etym: [L. Argonauta, Gr. Argo. ]

 

1. Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.

 

ARGONAUTA

ARGONAUTA Ar `go *nau "ta, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.

 

Note: The animal has much resemblance to an Octopus. It has eight arms, two of which are expanded at the end and clasp the shell, but are never elevated in the air for sails as was formerly supposed. The creature swims beneath the surface by means of a jet of water, like other cephalopods. The male has no shell, and is much smaller than the female. See Hectocotylus.

 

ARGONAUTIC

Ar "go *naut "ic, a. Etym: [L. Argonauticus.]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Argonauts.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

argonaut

ar go naut |ˈärgəˌnôt ˈɑrɡənɔt | ▶noun a small floating octopus, the female of which has webbed arms like sails and secretes a thin, coiled, papery shell in which the eggs are laid. Also called paper nautilus. [Genus Argonauta, order Octopoda. ]

 

Argonauts

Ar go nauts |ˈärgəˌnôts ˈɑrɡəˌnɔts |Greek Mythology a group of heroes who accompanied Jason on board the ship Argo in the quest for the Golden Fleece. ORIGIN argonaut from Greek argonautēs ‘sailor in the ship Argo. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

argonaut

argonaut |ˈɑːg (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. Also called paper nautilus. ●Genus Argonauta, order Octopoda.

 

Argonauts

Argonauts |ˈɑːgənɔːts |Greek Mythology a group of heroes who accompanied Jason on board the ship Argo in the quest for the Golden Fleece. ORIGIN argonaut from Greek argonautēs ‘sailor in the ship Argo ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Argonaut

Ar go naut Substantiv, maskulin , der |Argon au t |der Argonaut; Genitiv: des Argonauten, Plural: die Argonauten 1 lateinisch Argonauta < griechisch Argonaútēs griechische Mythologie auf dem Schiff Argo fahrender Held 2 Tintenfisch einer bestimmten Gattung

 

Spanish Dictionary

argonauta

argonauta nombre masculino 1 Héroe griego de los que acompañaron a Jasón en la expedición para conquistar el vellocino de oro :los argonautas deben su nombre al navío en el que se embarcaron, el Argo .2 Molusco marino sin concha, de la misma clase que el pulpo, que tiene el cuerpo comprimido y ocho tentáculos; la hembra, de tamaño varias veces superior al del macho, deposita sus huevos en un bello receptáculo calcáreo similar a una concha, a la que se mantiene unida con los tentáculos dorsales; habita en mares cálidos, como el Mediterráneo y el océano Atlántico .SINÓNIMO nautilo .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xix ) del latín argonauta y este del griego argonautês, formado por Argo , nombre de una nave mitológica, y naútes ‘marinero ’. El término fue aplicado al molusco por el naturalista C. von Linneo (s. xix ) por la semejanza del animal con una barquilla .