'Inoceramus' definitions:

Definition of 'Inoceramus'

From: GCIDE
  • Inoceramus \In`o*cer"a*mus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'i`s, 'ino`s, a muscle + ? an earthen vessel.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells, allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period. [1913 Webster]