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anomalocarids

anomalocarids is the plural of anomalocarid.

Meaning of anomalocarid

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

Questions about anomalocarids

What is anomalocarids the plural of?
Anomalocarids is the plural of anomalocarid.

Words near anomalocarids in the dictionary

  1. anomalite
  2. anomality
  3. anomalocarid
  4. anomalocaridid
  5. anomalocaridids
  6. anomalocarids
  7. anomalocystitid
  8. anomalodesmatan
  9. anomalodesmatans
  10. anomalomyid
  11. anomalomyids

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