Scăph'ite, n.

(49) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. scaphite, from Gr. σκάφη, Lat. scapha, a boat, any thing dug or scooped out, from Gr. σκάπτειν, to dig.] (Palæon.) A genus of extinct cephalopods of the ammonite family, the shell of which is somewhat boat-like in shape. Dana.