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Definition: Spirifer
Spirifer
\Spi"ri*fer\, n. [NL., fr. L. spira a coil + ferreto
bear.] (Paleon.)
Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genus
Spirifer, or
Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the
long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or
helix, on each side.
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