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anthracoptilids

anthracoptilids is the plural of anthracoptilid.

Meaning of anthracoptilid

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

Questions about anthracoptilids

What is anthracoptilids the plural of?
Anthracoptilids is the plural of anthracoptilid.

Words near anthracoptilids in the dictionary

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

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