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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Aptychus

· Ap·ty·chus · IPA
01 n. A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.
  1. 1.
    A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.(Zool.)