tentaculite
English
Tentaculitids from the Devonian of Maryland
Wikispecies
Etymology
From the genus name, from Latin tentaculum + -ites.[1]
Noun
tentaculite (plural tentaculites)
- (paleontology) Any of numerous species of small, conical shells found in Paleozoic rocks, fossils from the extinct genus Tentaculites.
References
- “Tentaculites”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- tentaculite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913