释义 |
sca·phi·tes \skəˈfīd.(ˌ)ēz\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from scaph + -ites : a genus (the type of the family Scaphitidae) comprising Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopods that have all the whorls coiled in an involute spiral except the last which is straight for a distance and then bent back toward the coiled part • scaph·i·toid \ˈskafəˌtȯid\ adjective |