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Webster 1913 Edition

Gryphaea

‖

Gry-phæ′a

,

p

rop.

Noun.

[NL., fr. I

gryphus

, or

qryps

, gen.

gryphis

, a

griffin

.]

(Zool.)

A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster.

Definition 2024

gryphaea

gryphaea

See also: Gryphaea

English

Noun

gryphaea ‎(plural gryphaeas)

(zoology) Any of the genus †Gryphaea of extinct gryphaeid oysters, devil's toenails.