argonaut

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English

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argonaut (sense 1)

Etymology

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Generalised use of Argonaut.

Noun

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argonaut (plural argonauts)

  1. Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
    • 2018 March 27, Mark Carnall, The Guardian:
      Amazingly, it wasn’t until 2010 that scientists experimentally understood how argonauts use their shell constructions to float in the water column and control buoyancy.
  2. An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
  3. (specifically, historical) A 49er, a person who took part in the California Gold Rush of 1849.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French argonaute.

Noun

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argonaut m (plural argonauți)

  1. argonaut

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