belemnite – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Belemnitida
belemnite
Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) fossil
(member-holonym) Belemnitidae, family Belemnitidae
belemnite
adj.
pertaining to the Palestinian town of Bethlehem
Belemnite
(n.)
A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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