Defn: Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.
SCAPHOCEPHALIC
Scaph`o*ce*phal"ic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly.
SCAPHOCEPHALY
Scaph`o*ceph"a*ly, n. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, clongated, and more or less boat-shaped.
SCAPHOCERITE
Scaph`o*ce"rite, n. Etym: [Gr. cerite.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennæ of many Crustacea.
SCAPHOGNATHITE
Sca*phog"na*thite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.
SCAPHOID
Scaph"oid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid: cf. F. scaphoïde.] (Anat.)