argonaut

Generalised use of Argonaut.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).ɡəˌnɔːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.ɡəˌnɔt/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.ɡəˌnɑt/

argonaut (plural argonauts)

2. 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.

3. An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
4. (specifically, historical) A 49er, a person who took part in the California Gold Rush of 1849.

• argonaut (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from French argonaute.

argonaut m (plural argonauți)

1. argonaut