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Pentamerus


Pen-tam′e-rus

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Noun.
[NL. See
Pentamerous
.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of extinct Paleozoic brachiopods, often very abundant in the Upper Silurian.
Pentamerus limestone
(Geol.)
,
a Silurian limestone composed largely of the shells of Pentamerus.

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Pentamerus

Pentamerus

Translingual

Proper noun

Pentamerus

  1. A genus of prehistoric brachiopods that lived from the Silurian to the Middle Devonian in Asia, Europe, and North America.
  2. (obsolete) A genus of gall mites.