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dickinsoniomorph

dickinsoniomorph noun: a member of the genus Dickinsonia.

Noun

dickinsoniomorph (plural dickinsoniomorphs)

  1. A member of the genus Dickinsonia.
    • Phylum uncertain, but in the past has been placed in the Phylum Proarticulata based on its "symmetry of gliding reflection" where segments meet along the midline in a zigzag fashion. Class: Vendiamorph; Family: Vendomiidae; possibly a dickinsoniomorph.2007, Mikhail A. Fedonkin, The Rise of Animals, page 281
    • This tool, we suggest, has the potential to be used for testing the unity of an evolutionary clade, such as 'rangeomorphs' and 'dickinsoniomorphs'.2007, Patricia Vickers-Rich, Patricia Komarower, The Rise and Fall of the Ediacaran Biota, page 377

Forms of dickinsoniomorph

pluraldickinsoniomorphs

Origin of dickinsoniomorph

From Dickinsonia + -o- + -morph. First attested since at least 2007.

Questions about dickinsoniomorph

What does dickinsoniomorph mean?
Dickinsoniomorph means a member of the genus Dickinsonia.
What part of speech is dickinsoniomorph?
Dickinsoniomorph is a noun.
What is the plural of dickinsoniomorph?
The plural of dickinsoniomorph is dickinsoniomorphs.

Words near dickinsoniomorph in the dictionary

  1. Dickinson pumpkin
  2. Dickinson pumpkins
  3. Dickinsonian
  4. dickinsoniid
  5. dickinsoniids
  6. dickinsoniomorph
  7. dickinsoniomorphs
  8. dickinsonite
  9. dickish
  10. dickishly
  11. dickishness

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