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Meaning of ORTHOCERAS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Or*thoc"e*ras\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s straight +
? a horn.] (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long,
straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into
numerous chambers by transverse septa.
 
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