spirifer
Meanings
noun
- Any of numerous species of fossil brachiopods of the genera †Spirifer and †Delthyris and allied genera in order †Spiriferida, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin spira (“a coil”) + fero (“to bear”).
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