HyperDic: belemnitidae

English > 1 sense of the word Belemnitidae:
NOUNanimalBelemnitidae, family Belemnitidaefamily of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods
English > Belemnitidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningfamily of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods.
Synonymfamily Belemnitidae
Member ofBelemnoidea, order BelemnoideaOrder of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas
MembersbelemniteA 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
Broadermollusk familyA family of mollusks
Spanishbelemnítidos
Catalanbelemnítids

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