spirifer

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English

Etymology

From Latin spira (“a coil”) + fero (“I bear”).

Noun

spirifer (plural spirifers)

  1. (paleontology) Any of numerous species of fossil brachiopods of the genera †Spirifer and †Delthyris and allied genera in order †Spiriferida, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.

Further reading

French

Noun

spirifer m (plural spirifers)

  1. spirifer

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spirifer.

Noun

spirifer n (plural spirifere)

  1. spirifer

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative spirifer spiriferul spirifere spiriferele
genitive-dative spirifer spiriferului spirifere spiriferelor
vocative spiriferule spiriferelor
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