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chasmataspidid

chasmataspidid noun: any of the Chasmataspidida, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods.

Noun

chasmataspidid (plural chasmataspidids)

  1. Any of the Chasmataspidida, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods.
    • The sixth prosomal appendage is modified in both xiphosurids and chasmataspidids for use in locomotion or burrowing.2015 September 1, James C. Lamsdell et al., “The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa”, in BMC Evolutionary...

Forms of chasmataspidid

pluralchasmataspidids

Questions about chasmataspidid

What does chasmataspidid mean?
Chasmataspidid means any of the Chasmataspidida, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods.
What part of speech is chasmataspidid?
Chasmataspidid is a noun.
What is the plural of chasmataspidid?
The plural of chasmataspidid is chasmataspidids.

Words near chasmataspidid in the dictionary

  1. chasmaconitine
  2. chasmal
  3. chasmanine
  4. chasmas
  5. chasmata
  6. chasmataspidid
  7. chasmataspidids
  8. chasmatical
  9. chasmed
  10. chasmic
  11. chasmically

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