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acipenserid

acipenserid noun: any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons).

acipenserid: any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)
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Noun

acipenserid (plural acipenserids)

  1. Any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)
    • A second distinct acipenserid morphotype occurs in the Hell Creek and Tullock formations. It is not found in the Lance Formation in Wyoming, although acipenserids are so rare in the Lance Formation that this is possibly the result of sampling error.1989, Laurie J. Bryant, Non-dinosaurian Lower Vertebrates Across the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in Northeastern Montana, Geological Sciences: Volume 134, University of California Press, page 17
    • While acipenserid outgroups lack any extensive scalation, the most distinctive hallmark of acipenserids is their scutes (Character 1).1997, E. K. Findeis, “Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of sturgeons (Acipenseridae)”, in Vadim J. Birstein, John R. Waldman, William E. Bemis, editors, Sturgeon Biodiversity and Conservation...

Forms of acipenserid

pluralacipenserids

Questions about acipenserid

What does acipenserid mean?
Acipenserid means any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons).
What part of speech is acipenserid?
Acipenserid is a noun.
What is the plural of acipenserid?
The plural of acipenserid is acipenserids.

Words near acipenserid in the dictionary

  1. acinotubular
  2. acinous
  3. acinus
  4. Acionna
  5. ACIP
  6. acipenserid
  7. acipenserids
  8. acipenseriform
  9. acipenseriforms
  10. acipenserine
  11. acipenseroid

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