Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A brachiopod of the family Terebratutidæ or some related family; by extension, any brachiopod. See lampas.
Examples
“I think it probable that critical and unprejudiced examination will show that more than one species of much higher animals have had a similar longevity; but the only example, which I can at present give confidently is the snake's-head lamp-shell (Terebratulina caput serpentis), which lives in our English seas and abounded (as Terebratulina striata of authors) in the chalk.”
“The Brachiopods were another group of molluscs, or rather molluscoids for they were not true molluscs, less abundant even then than in previous ages and now surviving only in a few rare and little known types such as the lamp-shell (_Terebratulina_).”
Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections
“I think it probable that critical and unprejudiced examination will show that more than one species of much higher animals have had a similar longevity; but the only example which I can at present give confidently is the snake's-head lamp-shell”
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky
“I can at present give confidently is the snake's-head lamp-shell”
“I think it probable that critical and unprejudiced examination will show that more than one species of much higher animals have had a similar longevity; but the only example, which I can at present give confidently is the snake’s-head lamp-shell (Terebratulina caput serpentis), which lives in our English seas and abounded (as”
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