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atrypacean

atrypacean noun: any brachiopod of the superfamily Atrypacea.

Noun

atrypacean (plural atrypaceans)

  1. Any brachiopod of the superfamily Atrypacea.
    • This size difference applies to many of the Silurian-Devonian families including the spiriferids, chonetids, atrypoids, atrypaceans, and some pentameroids (mostly among the gyidulids) (Boucot et al. 2012).2013, Rituparna Bose, Palaeobiology of Middle Paleozoic Marine Brachiopods: A Case Study

Forms of atrypacean

pluralatrypaceans

Questions about atrypacean

What does atrypacean mean?
Atrypacean means any brachiopod of the superfamily Atrypacea.
What part of speech is atrypacean?
Atrypacean is a noun.
What is the plural of atrypacean?
The plural of atrypacean is atrypaceans.

Words near atrypacean in the dictionary

  1. atrouts
  2. atrovastatin
  3. atroviolaceous
  4. atroxase
  5. ATryn
  6. atrypacean
  7. atrypaceans
  8. atrypid
  9. atrypide
  10. atrypides
  11. atrypids

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