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spirifers

spirifers is the plural of spirifer.

Meaning of spirifer

Noun

spirifer (plural spirifers)

  1. Any of numerous species of fossil brachiopods of the genera †Spirifer and †Delthyris and allied genera in order †Spiriferida, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.

Questions about spirifers

What is spirifers the plural of?
Spirifers is the plural of spirifer.

Words near spirifers in the dictionary

  1. spirifer
  2. spiriferid
  3. spiriferinid
  4. spiriferoid
  5. spiriferous
  6. spirifers
  7. spiriform
  8. spirilla
  9. spirillar
  10. spirillary
  11. spirillinid

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