belemnite

/bel-uhm-nahyt/US // ˈbɛl əmˌnaɪt //UK // (ˈbɛləmˌnaɪt) //

贝雷姆岩,贝雷姆石,贝雷芒特石,贝雷芒特岩

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Paleontology.
- : a conical fossil, several inches long, consisting of the internal calcareous rod of an extinct animal allied to the cuttlefish; a thunderstone.

The very form of the belemnite at once suggests the notion of a dart or lance-head, which has gained for it its scientific name.
Indeed, I have had two thunderbolts shown me at once, one of which was a large belemnite, and the other a modern Indian tomahawk.
No species of Belemnite at present known agreeing with the description; it is supposed to have been taken from a broken specimen.
De Montfort's figure of this genus appears as if it had been drawn from the nucleus of a Belemnite.
As a genus it holds a place intermediate between the Cuttle-fish and the Belemnite.