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Definition of Belemnitic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to belemnites.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belemnitic
Literary usage of Belemnitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Yorkshire Lias by Ralph Tate, John Frederick Blake (1876)
"No locality is given, and we may be dealing with a non-Liassic shell. On the
Range and Succession of the Belemnites. The oldest known belemnitic remains are ..."
2. Descriptive Catalogue of the Fossil Organic Remains of Invertebrata by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1856)
"13, from the alveolus of a belemnitic guard of the ordinary structure, ...
the normal belemnitic ..."
3. The Quarterly Journal by Geological society of London (1851)
"I am therefore of opinion, that at Petit-Cœur an inversion of the strata has
taken place, which has thrown the belemnitic under the ..."
4. Lectures on the comparative anatomy and physiology of the invertebrate animals by Richard Owen (1855)
"... but the muscular mantle, the head, and its crown of arms, are all preserved
in connection with the most essential characteristic of the belemnitic shell ..."
5. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1901)
"Fig. 2«. Hooks magnified. Fig. 3. A guard of B, elongatus, with a wrinkled cuticle.
In Mr. Day's collection. Fig. 4. Part of a belemnitic ..."
6. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander von Humboldt (1864)
"The old Silurian or devonian transition schists, the belemnitic limestone of
Tarantaise, and the dull grey calcareous sandstone (Macigno) which contains ..."
7. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1873)
"In this latter case the shell (if) is internal, and might be said to correspond
with the chambered portion of the belemnitic shell, ..."
8. A Geological Manual by Henry Thomas De La Beche (1833)
"... it is discovered among the fossil ¡ferons deposits, as for instance, amid the
belemnitic rocks of the Western Alps. The limestone is of various colours, ..."
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