'Belemnite' definitions:
Definition of 'belemnite'
(from WordNet)
noun
A conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidae
Definition of 'Belemnite'
From: GCIDE
- Belemnite \Be*lem"nite\, n. [Gr. ? dart, fr. ? dart, fr. ? to throw: cf. F. b['e]lemnite.] (Paleon.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages. -- {Bel*em*nit"ic}, a. [1913 Webster]