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Tentaculites

noun
Ten·​tac·​u·​li·​tes

Definition of Tentaculites

: a genus of small conical fossil shells found abundantly in some Paleozoic rocks and often made the type of the family Tentaculitidae

History and Etymology for Tentaculites

New Latin, from tentaculum + -ites

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