belemnite

bel·em·nite

B0168400 (bĕl′əm-nīt′)n. Any of a group of extinct squidlike cephalopod mollusks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, having a cone-shaped internal shell.

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[New Latin belemnītēs, from Greek belemnon, dart; see g^welə- in Indo-European roots.]

belemnite

(ˈbɛləmˌnaɪt) n1. (Palaeontology) any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Belemnoidea, related to the cuttlefish2. (Palaeontology) the long pointed conical internal shell of any of these animals: a common Mesozoic fossil[C17: from Greek belemnon dart]

bel•em•nite

(ˈbɛl əmˌnaɪt)

n. any cylindrical or conical fossil that represents the internal shell of a group of extinct cephalopods allied to the cuttlefish. [1640–50; < French bélemnite < Greek bélemn(on) a dart, derivative of bállein to throw]

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belemnite - a conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family BelemnitidaeBelemnitidae, family Belemnitidae - family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopodsfossil - the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil