belemnite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any member of the extinct order †Belemnitida of Mesozoic marine cephalopods, very similar in many ways to the modern squid and closely related to the modern cuttlefish.

/ˈbɛləmˌnaɪt/

belemnite belemnites

From Ancient Greek βέλεμνον (bélemnon, “dart, arrow”) + -ite.

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