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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the family Rhynchonellidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of brachiopods of which some species are still living, while many are found fossil.
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- noun zoology Any member of the
extinct genus Rhynchonella ofbrachiopod found inSilurian toEocene strata worldwide.
Etymologies
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From the genus name.
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