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Spirifer
Spirifer is a genus of marine brachiopods belonging to the order Spiriferida and family Spiriferidae. Species belonging to the genus lived from the Middle Ordovician (Sandbian) through to the Middle Triassic (Carnian) with a global distribution. They were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.
Webster Dictionary
Spirifernoun
any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side
Etymology: [NL., fr. L. spira a coil + ferreto bear.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Spirifer
spir′i-fėr, n. a brachiopod of the Carboniferous system.—adjs. Spīrif′erine; Spīrif′eroid; Spīrif′erous. [L. spira, a spire, ferre, to bear.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of spirifer in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of spirifer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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