Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GRYPH'ITE
GRYPH'ITE, n. [L. gryphites; Gr. γρυπος, hooked.]
Crowstone, an oblong fossil shell, narrow at the head, and wider toward the extremity, where it ends in a circular limb; the head or beak is very hooked. Encyc.
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