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dermochelyid

dermochelyid noun: any of the family Dermochelyidae of marine turtles.

Noun

dermochelyid (plural dermochelyids)

  1. Any of the family Dermochelyidae of marine turtles.
    • Loss of scutes (and corresponding loss of sucli^([sic]) on the underlying shell plates) is widely regarded as a derived condition that has occurred independently in trionychids, advanced carettochelyids (Carettochelyidae), and derived sea turtles such as dermochelyids and protostegids (e.g., Meylan...2012, Donald B. Brinkman, editor, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles

Forms of dermochelyid

pluraldermochelyids

Questions about dermochelyid

What does dermochelyid mean?
Dermochelyid means any of the family Dermochelyidae of marine turtles.
What part of speech is dermochelyid?
Dermochelyid is a noun.
What is the plural of dermochelyid?
The plural of dermochelyid is dermochelyids.

Words near dermochelyid in the dictionary

  1. dermo-supraoccipital
  2. dermoabrasion
  3. dermocalyptrogen
  4. dermochelid
  5. dermochelids
  6. dermochelyid
  7. dermochelyids
  8. dermochelyoid
  9. dermochelyoids
  10. dermocosmetic
  11. dermocosmetics

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