Alternative form of Belém

(paleontology) Any member of the extinct order †Belemnitida of Mesozoic marine cephalopods, very similar in many ways to the modern squid and closely related to the modern cuttlefish.

plural of belemnite

dart-shaped; styloid

(zoology) A member of the Belemnoidea, an extinct group of marine cephalopods. / (anatomy) The styloid process of the ulna or of the temporal bone.

plural of belemnoid

(idiomatic, informal, paleontology) A fossil site with an unusually high concentration of belemnite rostra.

plural of belemnite battlefield

Of or relating to belemnite.

Any belemnite of the family Belemnitellidae