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belemnite

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Noun

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

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "belemnite":
belemnite belemnitidae belemnoidea
Words contain "belemnite" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
phragmacone phragmocone belemnite

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