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Ammonitoidea
n. pl. · 78% connection
An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Analogue
noun · 78% connection
That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Architeuthis
noun · 78% connection
A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Belemnite
noun · 78% connection
A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinaril…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Botfly
noun · 78% connection
A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Breadfruit
noun · 78% connection
The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, fro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Ceratodus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discov…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Cyathophylloid
adjective · 78% connection
Like, or pertaining to, the family Cyathophyllidae.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Elephant
noun · 78% connection
A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are know…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Fossil
adjective · 78% connection
Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Four-in-hand
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Garfish
noun · 78% connection
A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel gu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Genus
noun · 78% connection
A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly di…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Goniatite
noun · 78% connection
One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian formation, the la…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Hatteria
noun · 78% connection
A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Hippurite
noun · 78% connection
A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper val…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Loligo
noun · 78% connection
A genus of cephalopods, including numerous species of squids, common on the coasts of America and Europe. They are much used for fish…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
Maranta
noun · 78% connection
A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large am…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: existing, genus, tetrabranchiate, cephalopods, four.
