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alytid

alytid noun: a primitive frog of the family Alytidae.

Noun

alytid (plural alytids)

  1. A primitive frog of the family Alytidae.
    • More venerable, and more distinctly European than any other creatures, the alytids are living fossils that should be considered nature's nobility.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 36

Forms of alytid

pluralalytids

Questions about alytid

What does alytid mean?
Alytid means a primitive frog of the family Alytidae.
What part of speech is alytid?
Alytid is a noun.
What is the plural of alytid?
The plural of alytid is alytids.

Words near alytid in the dictionary

  1. alyssums
  2. alytarch
  3. alytarches
  4. alytarchs
  5. Alyth
  6. alytid
  7. alytids
  8. Alytus
  9. Alyutor
  10. Alyvia
  11. Alzamora

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