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belemnite

bel·em·nite [ bélləm nt ] (plural bel·em·nites)


noun 
Definition:
 
fossil shell: a fossilized cylinder-shaped internal shell of an extinct order of cephalopods common in the Mesozoic era

[Early 17th century. < modern Latin< Greek belemon "a dart"; from its shape]
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