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arthrodires

arthrodires is the plural of arthrodire.

Meaning of arthrodire

Noun

arthrodire (plural arthrodires)

  1. Any member of the extinct order Arthrodira, armored jawed fishes that flourished in the Devonian period.
    • The basicranial circulation of Ptomacanthus resembles that in arthrodire placoderms.2009 January 15, Martin D. Brazeau, “The braincase and jaws of a Devonian 'acanthodian' and modern gnathostome origins”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07436

Questions about arthrodires

What is arthrodires the plural of?
Arthrodires is the plural of arthrodire.

Words near arthrodires in the dictionary

  1. arthrodias
  2. arthrodic
  3. arthrodiran
  4. arthrodirans
  5. arthrodire
  6. arthrodires
  7. arthrodontous
  8. arthrodynia
  9. arthrodynic
  10. arthrodysplasia
  11. arthrodysplasias

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