Dictionary entry

Rudistes

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ru‐dis″tes (rṳ‐dĭs″tēz), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. rudis rough.] (Paleon.) An extinct order or suborder of bivalve mollusks characteristic of the Cretaceous period; — called also Rudista. See Illust. under Hippurite.