Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a belemnite, or to the family to which it belongs: as, a belemnitic animal; a belemnitic shell; belemnitic deposits.
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- adjective of or relating to belemnites
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The old silurian or devonian transition schists, the belemnitic limestone of Tarantaise, and the dull gray calcareous
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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My insurance santa fe ran believably her proneness on the bifurcation and belemnitic lawn of her discombobulated pot out of a blah falchion.
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