spirifer

See also: Spirifer

English

Etymology

From Latin spira (“a coil”) + fero (“I bear”).

Noun

spirifer (plural spirifers)

  1. (paleontology) 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.

Further reading

French

Noun

spirifer m (plural spirifers)

  1. spirifer

Romanian

Etymology

From French spirifer.

Noun

spirifer n (plural spirifere)

  1. spirifer

Declension
Declension of spirifer
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) spirifer spiriferul (niște) spirifere spiriferele
genitive/dative (unui) spirifer spiriferului (unor) spirifere spiriferelor
vocative spiriferule spiriferelor
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