Goniatites

noun

Go·​ni·​a·​ti·​tes

: a genus (the type of the family Goniatitidae) of ammonoids widespread in the Devonian and the Carboniferous and having a discoidal coiled shell with angular-lobed sutures

goniatitic

¦⸗⸗⸗¦titik

adjective

goniatitid

ˌ⸗⸗⸗ˈtītə̇d

noun

plural -s

goniatitoid

¦⸗⸗⸗¦tītˌȯid

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from Greek gōnia angle

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