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Webster 1913 Edition


Scaphite

Scaph′ite

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Noun.
[L.
scapha
a boat, fr. Gr.
σκάφη
a boat, anything dug or scooped out, fr.
σκάπτειν
to dig.]
(Paleon.)
Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus
Scaphites
, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scaphite

SCA'PHITE

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Noun.
[L. scapha.] Fossil remains of the scapha.