English Dictionary

belemnite

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbɛləmˌnaɪt/

名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

中生代の海洋に生息していた絶滅した頭足類で、絶滅した †Belemnitida 目に属する生物。現代のイカに非常に類似しており、現代のコウイカ（またはタコ類）に近縁な存在と考えられる.

The graduate student excitedly held the newly uncovered belemnite, its bullet-shaped internal shell hinting at a life spent hunting in Mesozoic seas.

大学院生は、新たに発見された中生代の絶滅した海生頭足類を興奮して手に取り、その弾丸形の内部殻は古代の海で狩りをしていたことを示していた。

意味（1）

(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.

In the universal decay this volatile substance had chanced to survive, perhaps through many thousands of centuries. It reminded me of a sepia painting I had once seen done from the ink of a fossil Belemnite that must have perished and become fossilized millions of years ago.

belemnites （ plural ）