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ventriculite|vɛnˈtrɪkjʊlaɪt|
[ad. mod.L. Ventriculites, f. L. ventriculus ventricle: see -ite1 2.]
A fossil sponge belonging to the genus Ventriculites or the family Ventriculitidæ.
1822Mantell Geol. Sussex 176 The difference in the form of this ventriculite. 1885J. E. Taylor Brit. Fossils i. 24 In the white chalk of Sussex,..Ventriculites occur in great numbers.
Hence ventricuˈlitic a., of or belonging to, containing, ventriculites.
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