Dictionary entry

Inoceramus

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖In′o‐cer″a‐mus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ἴσ, ινὄσ, a muscle + � an earthen vessel.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells, allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.