spirifer
See also: Spirifer
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin spira (“a coil”) + fero (“I bear”).
Noun
[edit]spirifer (plural spirifers)
- (paleontology) Any of numerous species of fossil brachiopods of the genera †Spirifer and †Delthyris and allied genera in order †Spiriferida, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
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Spiriferida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Spiriferida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Spiriferida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Spiriferida at Paleobiology Database
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]spirifer m (plural spirifers)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French spirifer.
Noun
[edit]spirifer n (plural spirifere)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | spirifer | spiriferul | spirifere | spiriferele | |
| genitive-dative | spirifer | spiriferului | spirifere | spiriferelor | |
| vocative | spiriferule | spiriferelor | |||
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