eurypterid









eurypterid


eurypterid [yoo-rip-tuh-rid, yuh-] ExamplesWord Origin noun

  1. any aquatic arthropod of the extinct order Eurypterida, from the Paleozoic Era, closely related to trilobites and scorpions.

Origin of eurypterid From the New Latin word Eurypteridae, dating back to 1870–75. See eury-, -pterous, -id2 Examples from the Web for eurypterid Historical Examples of eurypterid

  • The continuation of the dwindling process, already initiated in the Eurypterid, would easily result in the tentacles of Ammocœtes.

    The Origin of Vertebrates

    Walter Holbrook Gaskell

  • British Dictionary definitions for eurypterid eurypterid noun

    1. any large extinct scorpion-like aquatic arthropod of the group Eurypterida, of Palaeozoic times, thought to be related to the horseshoe crabs

    Word Origin for eurypterid C19: from New Latin Eurypterida, from eury- + Greek pteron wing, feather Word Origin and History for eurypterid n.

    fossil swimming crustacean of the Silurian and Devonian, 1874, from Greek eurys “broad, wide” (see aneurysm) + pteron “feather, wing” (see pterodactyl); so called from their swimming appendages.

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