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chthamaloid

/ˈθæməlɔɪd/

chthamaloid noun: any member of the Chthamaloidea superfamily of barnacles.

Noun

chthamaloid (plural chthamaloids)

  1. Any member of the Chthamaloidea superfamily of barnacles.

Forms of chthamaloid

pluralchthamaloids

Origin of chthamaloid

Derived from Chthamaloidea, from Chthamalidae which in turn came from Chthamalinae which was proposed by Charles Darwin in 1854, which appears to be named after the genus Chthamalus named by Camillo Ranzani from Bologna in Memoire di Storia Naturale 1820.https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18394#page/462/mode/1up. Ancient Greek χθαμαλός (khthamalós, “flat or on the ground”)

Questions about chthamaloid

What does chthamaloid mean?
Chthamaloid means any member of the Chthamaloidea superfamily of barnacles.
What part of speech is chthamaloid?
Chthamaloid is a noun.
How do you pronounce chthamaloid?
Chthamaloid is pronounced /ˈθæməlɔɪd/.
What is the plural of chthamaloid?
The plural of chthamaloid is chthamaloids.

Words near chthamaloid in the dictionary

  1. CHSLD
  2. CHSLDs
  3. CHT
  4. chthamalid
  5. chthamalids
  6. chthamaloid
  7. chthamaloids
  8. Chthonia
  9. chthonian
  10. chthonian planet
  11. chthonian planets

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