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eurysquilloid

eurysquilloid noun: a mantis shrimp in the superfamily Eurysquilloidea.

Noun

eurysquilloid (plural eurysquilloids)

  1. A mantis shrimp in the superfamily Eurysquilloidea
    • Squilloids, eurysquilloids, parasquilloids and lysiosquilloids burrow in soft, level substrates.2004, Gary C. B. Poore, Marine Decapod Crustacea of Southern Australia
    • In other groups, the midband ommatidial facets are hexagonal, but vary in number from two or six (usually six) in lysiosquilloids and eurysquilloids, always two in squilloids, and two or three (usually two) in parasquilloids; […]2013, Carel von Vaupel Klein, Mireille Charmantier-Daures, Treatise on Zoology

Forms of eurysquilloid

pluraleurysquilloids

Questions about eurysquilloid

What does eurysquilloid mean?
Eurysquilloid means a mantis shrimp in the superfamily Eurysquilloidea.
What part of speech is eurysquilloid?
Eurysquilloid is a noun.
What is the plural of eurysquilloid?
The plural of eurysquilloid is eurysquilloids.

Words near eurysquilloid in the dictionary

  1. Eurys
  2. eurysaline
  3. eurysome
  4. eurysquillid
  5. eurysquillids
  6. eurysquilloid
  7. eurysquilloids
  8. eurysternid
  9. eurysternids
  10. Eurystheus
  11. eurystomatous

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