BELEMNITE


Meaning of BELEMNITE in English

[ 'bɛləmnʌɪt ]

■ noun an extinct marine cephalopod mollusc with a bullet-shaped internal shell, typically found as fossils in deposits of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

Origin

C17: from mod. L. ~s , based on Gk belemnon 'dart'.

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