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Word: Belemnite
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from modern Latin belemnites, based on Greek belemnon ‘dart’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbɛləmnʌɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an extinct cephalopod mollusc with a bullet-shaped internal shell that is typically found as a fossil in marine deposits of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
Short Definition:extinct cephalopod mollusc with bullet-shaped internal shell
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