Baculites (bakulitez)

[NL., thalamous or many-chambered cephalopods, belonging to the many-cham be family Ammo nitid a. The species are known only in a fo il state, having become extinct at the close of the Cretaceous period. The shell is straight, more or le compre ed, conical, and very much elongated. The chambers are sinuous and pierced by a marginal siphon. The external chamber is considerably larger than the rest. There are about 20 species, found from the Neocomian to the Chalk formation. baculitic (bak-ū-lit'ik), a. Same as baculite. Portion of Baculites faujasii. baculometry (bak-u-lom'e-tri), n. [ a measure.] The measurement of heights or distances by means of staves. Phillips. pl. baculi (-lī). [L., baculus (bak'ū-lus), ū-lus), n.; pl. more commonly neut. baculum, a stick, staff, scepter, etc.; cf. LL. dim. bacillus (see bacil lus ); akin to Gr. βάκτρον, a rod, staff: see bac divining-rod.-2. A long staff during long offices, such as the or crutch upon which worshipers were formerly terium. ] 1. A divining-rod.-2. allowed to lean during long offices, ceans. psalms.-3. [ cap.] [NL.] A genus of crusta bad1 (bad), a. and n. [ (with lo of -l, as in ME. muche for muchel , use (with baddel, of a noun, * baddel, table substances and multiplying with great rapidity. sandth of an inch in length. The individuals of this species are about one ten-thou