falciferous

falciferous
adjective /fælˈsɪfəɹəs/
Sickle-bearing.

The stinted growth of the stationary Conchifera forms a striking contrast with the size and number of the Cephalopoda interred with them in the same bed; in fact the dawning existence of these Conchifera appears to have been a struggle for life, whilst the conditions of the closing scene of the Belemnites, Nautili, and falciferous Ammonites, were favourable to their continuance in time, but abruptly brought to a termination by some great physical change which took place about the commencement of the deposition of the oolitic formations.


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  • falciferous — falˈciferous, a. Obs. 0 [f. L. falc(i) , falx sickle + ferous.] Carrying a sickle, scythe bearing. 1656–81 in Blount Glossogr. 1692–1732 in Coles …   Useful english dictionary

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