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nautilite Palæont.|ˈnɔːtɪlaɪt| Also -ites. [f. as prec. + -ite1.] A fossil nautilus.
1748Phil. Trans. (1750) XLV. 320 A beautiful Nautilites, shewn to the Royal Society by the Rev. Charles Lyttleton. 1794Sullivan View Nat. II. 175 Those of the testaceous class, as Nautilites. 1799Kirwan Geol. Ess. 247 A red argillite, which is secondary; for a petrified nautilite was found in it. 1822G. Young Geol. Yorksh. Coast 255 Polished sections of nautilites or ammonites. |