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holaspides

holaspides is the plural of holaspis.

Meaning of holaspis

Noun

holaspis (plural holaspides)

  1. A stage in the development of a trilobite at which the creature has gained its adult segmentation, but continues to molt and grow.
    • A similar situation may also characterize S. wenlockiana, a species with six segments in holaspis, the smallest holaspids of which have similar glabellar lengths to those of the sixth degree meraspis of A. konincki.2001, Jonathan M. Adrain, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Bruce S. Lieberman, editors, Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form: An Analytical Approach, page 46

Questions about holaspides

What is holaspides the plural of?
Holaspides is the plural of holaspis.

Words near holaspides in the dictionary

  1. holards
  2. Holargos
  3. holarosine
  4. holaspid
  5. holaspidean
  6. holaspides
  7. holaspis
  8. holasteroid
  9. holasteroids
  10. holaxonian
  11. holaxonians

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