baculite
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English
Etymology
From Latin baculum (“stick”) + -ite.
Noun
baculite (plural baculites)
- (paleontology) Any of the genus †Baculites of extinct cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
- 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 89:
- The shell of a baculite was quite simply straight—an unexpected throwback to the early days of cephalopods.
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