yīng
luó

animal
common
technical

Meaning of 鹦鹉螺

鹦鹉螺 means nautilus; chambered nautilus; a cephalopod mollusk with a spiral shell. Pronounced yīng wǔ luó.

  • nautilus; chambered nautilus; a cephalopod mollusk with a spiral shell

Definitions & Examples

Yīng
luó
de
wài
chéng
xiàn
chū
wán
měi
de
duì
shù
luó
xiàn线
 

The nautilus shell presents a perfect logarithmic spiral.

Zhè
zhǒng
yīng
luó
shì
shēn
hǎi
zhōng
de
huó
huà
shí
 

This species of nautilus is a living fossil from the deep sea.

Hǎi
yáng
guǎn
zhǎn
chū
le
zhī
hǎn
jiàn
de
yīng
luó
biāo
běn
 

The aquarium displayed several rare nautilus specimens.

Measure Words

/ zhī
Primary
/
/ méi