Definition
Extinct marine animals related to modern squid and cuttlefish that lived hundreds of millions of years ago, leaving behind hard shell-like fossils.
Etymology
From Greek 'belemnon' meaning 'dart' or 'missile,' referring to the pointed fossil shape. The scientific name was coined in the 1600s because these fossils resembled stone darts or thunderbolts.
Kelly Says
Medieval people thought belemnite fossils were thunderbolts hurled by angry gods, so they wore them as protective amulets! We now know they're actually the internal shells of ancient cephalopods that filled an ecological niche similar to today's squid.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
በለምንይት
ba-lem-ni-t
ARالعربية
بليمنيت
bil-im-ni-t
BNবাংলা
বেলেমনাইট
be-le-mo-na-it
CACatalà
belemnites
be-lem-ni-tes
CSČeština
belemnité
be-lem-ni-te
DADansk
belemniter
be-lem-ni-ter
DEDeutsch
Belemniten
be-lem-ni-ten
ELΕλληνικά
βελεμνίτες
ve-lem-ni-tes
ESEspañol
belemnitas
be-lem-ni-tas
FAفارسی
بلمنیت
bol-ma-nit
FISuomi
belemnidit
be-lem-ni-dit
FRFrançais
bélemnites
be-lem-nit
GUGU
બેલેમ્નિટ
ba-le-m-nit
HAHA
belemnites
be-lem-ni-tes
HEעברית
בלימניט
be-le-mi-nit
HIहिन्दी
बेलेमनाइट
be-le-ma-na-it
HUMagyar
belemnites
be-lem-ni-tes
IDBahasa Indonesia
belemnite
be-lem-nite
IGIG
belemnites
be-lem-ni-tes
ITItaliano
belemniti
be-lem-ni-ti
JA日本語
ベレミナイト
be-re-mi-na-i-to
KMKM
បេឡេមនាយ
ba-le-mo-na-i
KO한국어
벨렘나이트
bel-lem-na-i-teo
MRMR
बेलेमनाइट
be-le-ma-na-it
MSBahasa Melayu
belemnite
be-lem-nite
MYမြန်မာ
ဘယ်လမ်နိုင်း
ba-lem-no-ing
NLNederlands
belemniten
be-lem-ni-ten
NONorsk
belemniter
be-lem-ni-ter
PAPA
ਬੇਲੇਮਨਾਇਟ
ba-le-ma-na-it
PLPolski
belemnidy
be-lem-ni-dy
PTPortuguês
belemnitas
be-lem-ni-tas
RORomână
belemnite
be-lem-nite
RUРусский
белемниты
be-lem-ni-ty
SVSvenska
belemniter
be-lem-ni-ter
SWKiswahili
belemnites
be-lem-ni-tes
TAதமிழ்
பெலெமனைட்
pe-le-ma-nai-t
TEతెలుగు
బేలెమ్నైట్
ba-le-m-na-it
THไทย
เบเลมไนท์
be-le-mai-t
TLTL
belemnite
be-lem-nite
TRTürkçe
belemnites
be-lem-ni-tes
UKУкраїнська
белемніти
be-lem-ni-ty
VITiếng Việt
belemnites
be-lem-nites
YOYO
belemnites
be-lem-ni-tes
ZH中文
贝lemnite
bèi lè mí ni te
ZUZU
belemnites
be-lem-ni-tes