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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NAUTILOID

Nau "ti *loid, a. Etym: [Nautilus + -oid: cf. F. nautiloïde.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell. -- n.

Defn: A mollusk, or shell, of the genus Nautilus or family Nautilidæ.

New American Oxford Dictionary

nautiloid

nau ti loid |ˈnôtlˌoid ˈnɔdəlɔɪd | ▶noun Zoology a mollusk of a group of mainly extinct marine mollusks that includes the pearly nautilus. [Subclass Nautiloidea, class Cephalopoda: Nautilus is the only surviving genus. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the modern Latin genus name Nautilus (from Greek nautilos ‘sailor ’) + -oid .

Oxford Dictionary

nautiloid

nautiloid |ˈnɔːtɪlɔɪd | ▶noun Zoology a mollusc of a group of mainly extinct marine molluscs which includes the pearly nautilus. ●Subclass Nautiloidea, class Cephalopoda: Nautilus is the only surviving genus. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the modern Latin genus name Nautilus (see nautilus ).