Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An echinite or fossil sea-urchin of the genus Galerites or family Galeritidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites.
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- noun paleontology A
cretaceous fossil sea urchin of thegenus Galerites.
Etymologies
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Latin galerum a hat, cap: compare French galérite.
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