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Definition of: belemnite
(bel′əm·nīt) noun
1. Paleontol. The pointed cylindrical fossil shell of an extinct cephalopod related to the cuttlefish.
2. A thunderstone. [<NL belemnites <Gk. belemnon dart]
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