Hippurite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hippurite \Hip"pu*rite\, n. [Gr. ? decked with a horse's tail;
     "i`ppos horse + ? tail: cf. F. hippurite.] (Paleon.)
     A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus {Hippurites}, of many
     species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a
     flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the
     Cretaceous rocks.


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