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aetiocetids

aetiocetids is the plural of aetiocetid.

Meaning of aetiocetid

Noun

aetiocetid (plural aetiocetids)

  1. A member of the extinct family of baleen whales Aetiocetidae.
    • A 25-million-year-old fossil whale from Washington State, specimen NMV P252567 – or ‘Alfred’ to his friends – belongs to an extinct group of whales called aetiocetids.2016 November 30, Elsa Panciroli, “How did the whale get its 'moustache'?”, in The Guardian

Questions about aetiocetids

What is aetiocetids the plural of?
Aetiocetids is the plural of aetiocetid.

Words near aetiocetids in the dictionary

  1. aethyr
  2. aethyrs
  3. Aetians
  4. aetio-
  5. aetiocetid
  6. aetiocetids
  7. aetiogenesis
  8. aetiolate
  9. aetiolated
  10. aetiolates
  11. aetiolating

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