"Baculite" is a word in ENGLISH

A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical …

An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.

One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.

A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.

A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.

A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, …

A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike …

A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod.

Alt. of Cephalopode

One of the Cephalopoda.

Alt. of Cephalopodous

Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.

A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of …

A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by …

A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.

A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus.

An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight …

An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists …

The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids.

One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian …