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belemnite

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɛləmˌnaɪt/Part of speech nounSorted beeeilmntStarts with BEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A bullet-shaped fossil from an extinct squid-like marine animal.

Word origin

From Ancient Greek βέλεμνον (bélemnon, “dart, arrow”) + English -ite.

Used in a sentence

  • The guts of fossilized marine reptiles are packed with belemnites, and it's been theorized that some prehistoric sharks even died from the overconsumption of heavy belemnite shell guards.

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