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belemnite

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…

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Word length
9
Starts with
B
Ends with
E
Contains
EL
Scrabble score
13

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Pronunciation

ˈbɛləmˌnaɪt

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noun

  1. 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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