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Belemnite
Belemnite meaning
Any member of the extinct order †Belemnitida of Mesozoic marine cephalopods, very similar in many ways to the modern squid and closely related to the modern cuttlefish.
Synonyms of Belemnite
Example sentences (4)
Earthquakes that rocked the region over 10 million years ago pushed the marine sediments of belemnite fossils up to the surface to create the belemnite chalk terrain.
Her primary stock in trade consisted of invertebrate fossils such as ammonite and belemnite shells, which were common in the area and sold for a few shillings.
In 1826 she discovered what appeared to be a chamber containing dried ink inside a belemnite fossil.
PDB" stands for "Pee Dee Belemnite", a fossil from the Pee Dee formation in South Carolina.