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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fossil cephalopod of the genus Scaphites.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.
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