Terebratulan.
/tɛrɪˈbratjʊlə/ Zoology and Palæont.
A genus of brachiopods, mostly extinct: so called from the perforated beak of the ventral valve. Formerly used more widely to include any (esp. fossil) members of the Terebratulidæ and related families; the lamp-shells.
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Terebratula1822
1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 102 Limestone..is literally conglomerated with organic remains. Amongst these, the most remarkable is a species of terebratula.
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 250 Some of the multilocular univalves, and of the terebratulas.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 12 Deepest of all, the terebratulæ are found, commonly at fifty..and sometimes at one hundred fathoms, even in Polar seas.
1853 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. III. xxix. 165 Petrifactions of pecten, cardites, terebratules, and madrepores.
Derivatives
tereˈbratular adj. of or pertaining to a terebratula.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of abdomen > of or relating to modified ovipositor
terebratular1822
terebral1836
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 334 In the masses of mountain limestone..are immense accumulations of crinoideal and terebratular remains.
tereˈbratuliform adj. having the form of a terebratula.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Brachiopoda > [adjective] > family Terebratulidae > having form of a terebratula
terebratuliform1864
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Terebratuliform, having the general form of terebratula shell.
tereˈbratuline adj. belonging to or having the character of the Terebratulidæ.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Brachiopoda > [adjective] > family Terebratulidae
terebratuline1891
1891 Cent. Dict. Terebratuline.
tereˈbratulite n. a fossil Terebratula or lamp-shell.
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terebratulite1830
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 127 A great calcareous formation,..in which are included coral-lines, productæ, terebratulites, &c.
1853 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. III. xxix. 166 (note) The ‘Roche à ravets’ of Martinique and Hayti..is..filled with terebratulites, and other vestiges of sea-shells.
tereˈbratuloid adj. and n. (a) adj. resembling or related to the genus Terebratula; (b) n. a species or congener of this genus.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Brachiopoda > [noun] > family Terebratulidae > genus Terebratula > species of
terebratuloid1895
1895 F. R. C. Reed in Cambr. Nat. Hist. III. 512 The Terebratuloids can be traced back to the primitive type Renssoellaria.
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