Scaphites
noun
Sca·phi·tes
\skəˈfīt(ˌ)ēz\
Definition of Scaphites
: a genus (the type of the family Scaphitidae) comprising Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopods that have all the whorls coiled in an involute spiral except the last which is straight for a distance and then bent back toward the coiled part
scaphitoid
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Origin and Etymology of scaphites
New Latin, from scaph + -ites
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