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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Proöstracum

· Pro·ös·tra·cum · IPA
01 n. The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Ill…
pl. Proostraca ((#))
  1. 1.
    The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Illust. of Phragmocone.(Zool.) See: Phragmocone