n.
Pronunciation: ' be-l ə m- ˌ n ī t
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin belemnites, from Greek belemnon dart; akin to Greek ballein to throw ― more at DEVIL
Date: 1646
: any of various extinct cephalopods (order Belemnoidea) that had large often bullet-shaped internal shells and were especially abundant in the Mesozoic era