Definition of belemnite

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bel·em·nite

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NOUN:

A cone-shaped, fossilized internal shell of any of an extinct genus of cephalopods related to the cuttlefish.

ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin belemnts, from Greek belemnon, dart; see g^wel- in Indo-European roots

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