belemnoid (belemnoid)

[ Belepered all the clergy with a worse infection than Gehazi's. Milton, Eikon ok las tes, xiv. bel esprit (bel es-prē'); pl. beaux esprits (bōz es-pre'). [F., a fine spirit: see bell and esprit.] A fine genius or man of wit. Men who look up to me as a man of letters and a bel esprit. Irving. Hav beleftt. Preterit and past participle of be leave. belemnite (be-lem'nit), n. [= F. belemnite, NL. belemnites, Also called ceraunite . Belemnitella (be-lem-nitel'ä), n. [NL., dim. of Be lemnites .] A genus of the family Belemnitida , characterized by having a straight fi ure at the upper end of the guard, on the ventral side of the alveolus. The species are all Cretaceous.