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anomalocarid

anomalocarid noun: a member of the extinct arthropod clade †Anomalocarida. Also the misspelling of anomalocaridid.

Noun

anomalocarid (plural anomalocarids)

  1. A member of the extinct arthropod clade †Anomalocarida.
    • A third anomalocarid is now recognized in the Burgess Shale. Its front half is composed of 3 or 4 carapace like parts previously named Hurdia and Proboscicaris.1992, Desmond Collins, “Whither Anomalocaris? The search in the Burgess Shale continues”, in Fifth North American Paleontological Convention
    • Not paying attention, for the first time, means getting eaten by the swooping anomalocarid.2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 35

Also used as

anomalocarid is also the misspelling of anomalocaridid.

Forms of anomalocarid

pluralanomalocarids

Questions about anomalocarid

What does anomalocarid mean?
Anomalocarid means a member of the extinct arthropod clade †Anomalocarida.
What part of speech is anomalocarid?
Anomalocarid is a noun.
What is the plural of anomalocarid?
The plural of anomalocarid is anomalocarids.

Words near anomalocarid in the dictionary

  1. anomalistical
  2. anomalistically
  3. anomalists
  4. anomalite
  5. anomality
  6. anomalocarid
  7. anomalocaridid
  8. anomalocaridids
  9. anomalocarids
  10. anomalocystitid
  11. anomalodesmatan

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