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belemnite
[ bel-uhm-nahyt ]
noun
- a conical fossil, several inches long, consisting of the internal calcareous rod of an extinct animal allied to the cuttlefish; a thunderstone.
belemnite
/ ˈbɛləmˌnaɪt /
noun
- any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Belemnoidea , related to the cuttlefish
- the long pointed conical internal shell of any of these animals: a common Mesozoic fossil
belemnite
/ bĕl′əm-nīt′ /
- Any of various extinct cephalopod mollusks of the order Belemnoidea that lived from the Triassic into the Tertiary Period. Belemnites had a large, cone-shaped internal shell with a complex structure that served as a support for muscles and as a hydrostatic device. Belemnites were closely related to the present-day squids and cuttlefishes.
- The fossilized internal shell of one of these cephalopods. Belemnites are used as index fossils .
Word History and Origins
Origin of belemnite1
Word History and Origins
Origin of belemnite1
Example Sentences
The very form of the belemnite at once suggests the notion of a dart or lance-head, which has gained for it its scientific name.
Indeed, I have had two thunderbolts shown me at once, one of which was a large belemnite, and the other a modern Indian tomahawk.
No species of Belemnite at present known agreeing with the description; it is supposed to have been taken from a broken specimen.
De Montfort's figure of this genus appears as if it had been drawn from the nucleus of a Belemnite.
As a genus it holds a place intermediate between the Cuttle-fish and the Belemnite.
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