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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of brachiopods, typical of the family Pentameridæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Paleozoic brachiopods, often very abundant in the Upper Silurian.
- noun (Geol.) a Silurian limestone composed largely of the shells of Pentamerus.
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