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Nautilus pompilius is the scientific name for the chambered nautilus. Nautilus is how the ancient Romans referred to this animal (the word is related to the Latin word for "sailor", nauta, which was borrowed from Greek nautes). Pompilius is from pompilus, a word meaning "pilot-fish" that the Romans also sometimes applied to the nautilus.

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