| NOUN | animal | family Belemnitidae, Belemnitidae | family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods |
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| Meaning | family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods. | |
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| Synonym | Belemnitidae | |
| Member of | Belemnoidea, order Belemnoidea | Order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas |
| Members | belemnite | 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 |
| Broader | mollusk family | A family of mollusks |
| Spanish | belemnítidos | |
| Catalan | belemnítids | |
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