Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OR-THO-CER'A-TITE
OR-THO-CER'A-TITE, n. [Gr. ορθος, straight, and κερας, a horn.]
The name of certain fossil univalve shells, straight or but slightly curved, arranged by Cuvier in the genus Nautilus.
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