"spirifer" meaning in English

See spirifer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: spirifers [plural]
Etymology: From Latin spira (“a coil”) + fero (“I bear”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|spira||a coil}} Latin spira (“a coil”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} spirifer (plural spirifers)
  1. (paleontology) Any of numerous species of fossil brachiopods of the genera †Spirifer and †Delthyris and allied genera in order †Spiriferida, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side. Related terms: spiriferine, spiriferous

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