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bactritid

bactritid noun: any cephalopod of the order †Bactritida of straight-shelled (orthoconic) cephalopods, that lived 410 to 230 million years age.

Noun

bactritid (plural bactritids)

  1. Any cephalopod of the order †Bactritida of straight-shelled (orthoconic) cephalopods, that lived 410 to 230 million years age.

Forms of bactritid

pluralbactritids

Origin of bactritid

See New Latin bactris, Ancient Greek βάκτρον (báktron, “staff, cudgel”)

Questions about bactritid

What does bactritid mean?
Bactritid means any cephalopod of the order †Bactritida of straight-shelled (orthoconic) cephalopods, that lived 410 to 230 million years age.
What part of speech is bactritid?
Bactritid is a noun.
What is the plural of bactritid?
The plural of bactritid is bactritids.

Words near bactritid in the dictionary

  1. bactrine
  2. bactrines
  3. bactriticone
  4. bactriticones
  5. bactriticonic
  6. bactritid
  7. bactritids
  8. bactritoid
  9. bactritoids
  10. Bacuag
  11. bacula

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