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Webster 1913 Edition
Baculite
Bac′u-lite
,Noun.
[L.
baculum
stick, staff; cf. F. baculite
.] (Paleon.)
A cephalopod of the extinct genus
Baculites
, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite. Webster 1828 Edition
Baculite
BAC'ULITE
, n.[L.baculus.]A genus of fossil shells, of a straight form, in their cellular structure resembling the ammonites.