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marsupites

marsupites is the plural of marsupite.

Meaning of marsupite

Noun

marsupite (plural marsupites)

  1. A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse.
    • The most remarkable fossil of this class is the marsupite, which I have thus named from its resemblance, when closed, to a purse. The marsupite (Tab. 51) was a molluscous animal, of a sub-ovate form, having the mouth, which was surrounded by arms, or tentacula, in the centre.1839, Gideon Algernon Mantell, The Wonders of Geology, volume 1, page 309

Questions about marsupites

What is marsupites the plural of?
Marsupites is the plural of marsupite.

Words near marsupites in the dictionary

  1. marsupicarnivore
  2. marsupicarnivores
  3. marsupiform
  4. marsupion
  5. marsupite
  6. marsupites
  7. marsupium
  8. marsupiums
  9. Marsworth
  10. Marszalek
  11. Marszaleks

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