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meiolaniids

meiolaniids is the plural of meiolaniid.

Meaning of meiolaniid

Noun

meiolaniid (plural meiolaniids)

  1. Any of the extinct armoured land turtles of the family †Meiolaniidae.
    • The meiolaniids were ancient turtles that evolved during the Eocene epoch, between 55 and 34 million years ago. Fossils of meiolaniid species come from Argentina, from Australia, and from several islands near Australia, including Tasmania and New Caledonia.2007, Rebecca Stefoff, Turtles, page 52

Questions about meiolaniids

What is meiolaniids the plural of?
Meiolaniids is the plural of meiolaniid.

Words near meiolaniids in the dictionary

  1. meiofaunas
  2. meiogenesis
  3. meiogynogenesis
  4. meiogynogenetic
  5. meiolaniid
  6. meiolaniids
  7. meiome
  8. meiomes
  9. meionite
  10. meionites
  11. meiophylly

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