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anthracoptilid

anthracoptilid noun: any member of the extinct insect family Anthracoptilidae.

Noun

anthracoptilid (plural anthracoptilids)

  1. Any member of the extinct insect family Anthracoptilidae.
    • Given the controversial nature of anthracoptilids around both their taxonomic affinity and their possession of raptorial forelegs, we cannot confirm whether raptorial legs were already present in stem-mantis lineages or if it is a crown-mantis apomorphy that would have been a key acquisition for...2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Dictyoptera: Dating the Origin of Cockroaches, Praying Mantises and Termites with Molecular Data and Controlled Fossil Evidence”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of anthracoptilid

pluralanthracoptilids

Questions about anthracoptilid

What does anthracoptilid mean?
Anthracoptilid means any member of the extinct insect family Anthracoptilidae.
What part of speech is anthracoptilid?
Anthracoptilid is a noun.
What is the plural of anthracoptilid?
The plural of anthracoptilid is anthracoptilids.

Words near anthracoptilid in the dictionary

  1. anthracometer
  2. anthracometers
  3. anthraconite
  4. anthraconites
  5. anthraconitic
  6. anthracoptilid
  7. anthracoptilids
  8. anthracosaur
  9. anthracosaurian
  10. anthracosaurid
  11. anthracosaurids

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