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Webster 1913 Edition


Delthyris


Del-thy′ris

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
δέλτα
the name of the letter Δ +
τηύρα
door.]
(Zool.)
A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus
Spirifer
.
Delthyris limestone
(Geol.)
,
one of the divisions of the Upper Silurian rocks in New York.