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BELEMNITE

\bɪlˈɛmna͡ɪt], \bɪlˈɛmna‍ɪt], \b_ɪ_l_ˈɛ_m_n_aɪ_t]\

Definitions of BELEMNITE

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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 Belemnitidae

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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 Belemnitidae

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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