English Explanatory Dictionary

orthoceras

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any nautiloid cephalopod mollusc of the genus Orthoceras, known only as fossils

Word forms

orthoceras orthocerata

Etymology

From ortho- + Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “a horn”).

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