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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of extinct brachiopods of the family Strophomenidæ, characterized by convexo-concave shells, the flatter portions of which are covered with corrugations and wrinkles. It rauges from the Silurian to the Carboniferous, and is very common in certain formations.
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