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Inoceramus

In`o*cer"a*mus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a muscle + ? an earthen vessel.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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