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belemnite

be·lem·nite

UK/ˈbɛləmˌnaɪt/ uncommon

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

Origin

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

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