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belemnite(dictionary)

belemnite (iou)



belemnite noun. E17.
[mod. Latin belemnites, from Greek belemnon dart: see -ITE1.]
Palaeontology. A tapering sharp-pointed fossil from the internal shell of an extinct cephalopod of the order Belemnoidea, most abundant in Jurassic and Cretaceous deposits; the animal itself.
belemnitic adjective pertaining to or yielding belemnites M19.
belemnoid adjective & noun (a cephalopod) belonging to Belemnoidea; pertaining to or resembling an animal of this order: L19.