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Belemnoidea

noun

order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas

• Syn: ↑order Belemnoidea

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Dibranchiata, ↑subclass Dibranchiata, ↑Dibranchia, ↑subclass Dibranchia

• Member Meronyms: ↑Belemnitidae, ↑family Belemnitidae

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\\ˌbeləmˈnȯidēə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Belemnites + -oidea

: an order or other division of Dibranchiata comprising the belemnites and sometimes the genus Spirula

Useful english dictionary. 2012.