spirifer
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English
Etymology
From Latin spira (“a coil”) + fero (“I bear”).
Noun
spirifer (plural spirifers)
- (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.
Related terms
Further reading
Spiriferida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Spiriferida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Spiriferida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Spiriferida at Paleobiology Database
French
Noun
spirifer m (plural spirifers)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French spirifer.
Noun
spirifer n (plural spirifere)
Declension
Declension of spirifer
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) spirifer | spiriferul | (niște) spirifere | spiriferele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) spirifer | spiriferului | (unor) spirifere | spiriferelor |
| vocative | spiriferule | spiriferelor | ||