belemnite (n)

n01973723

type n
lex_filenum 05
def 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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Hypernym fossil
Member holonym Belemnitidae, family Belemnitidae
Derivationally related form belemnite → belemnitic
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Derivationally related form belemnitic → belemnite
Pertainym (pertains to noun) belemnitic → belemnite
Member meronym Belemnitidae, family Belemnitidae
Hyponym fossil

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