Lituites

noun

Lit·​u·​i·​tes

: a genus of Ordovician nautiloid mollusks with the shell fully coiled when young but with the later increments forming a straight tube

lituitoid

ˈ⸗⸗wəˌtȯid

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin lituus + New Latin -ites

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