Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fossil oyster of the genus Gryphœa.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Paleon.) A shell of the genus Gryphea.

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  • noun paleontology A shell of the genus Gryphea.

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Gryphea +‎ -ite

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