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belemnite

/'bɛləm,naɪt/

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noun
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
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Definition that contains belemnite

genus spirula genus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites
phragmacone the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite
phragmocone the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite
belemnitic of or relating to belemnites