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Word: Eurypterid
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from modern Latin Eurypterus (genus name), from eury- + Greek pteron ‘wing’ + -id
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌjʊ(ə)ˈrɪptərɪd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a giant fossil marine arthropod of a group occurring in the Palaeozoic era. They are related to horseshoe crabs, and resemble large scorpions with a terminal pair of paddle-shaped swimming appendages.
Short Definition:giant fossil marine arthropod of group occurring in Palaeozoic era
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