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单词 orthoceratite
释义 orthoceratite|ɔːθəʊˈsɛrətaɪt|
Also in Lat. form orthoceratites |ˌɔːθəʊsɛrəˈtaɪtiːz|.
[f. as prec. + -ite1 2.]
A fossil shell of the genus Orthoceras or family Orthoceratidæ; also, an animal of this genus or family.
1754Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 804 The orthoceratites is a strait concamerated shell, ending in a point.1786Ibid. LXXVI. 445 Belemnites, orthoceratites, and so on, are all sea animals.1871Hartwig Subterr. W. ii. 18 In the more ancient Palæozoic seas flourished the Orthoceratites, or straight-chambered shells, resembling a nautilus uncoiled.
attrib.1853Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. III. xxxii. 376 The orthoceratite limestone of the Alleghanies.
Hence orthoceratitic |ˌɔːθəʊsɛrəˈtɪtɪk| a., pertaining to or resembling an orthoceratite. So also orthoceratoid |-ˈsɛrətɔɪd| a. = orthoceratitic; n. = orthoceratite.
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