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multiplacophorans

multiplacophorans is the plural of multiplacophoran.

Meaning of multiplacophoran

Noun

multiplacophoran (plural multiplacophorans)

  1. Any of the order †Multiplacophora of stem-chitons that lived during the Lower Cambrian to the Permian, which have a number of plates arranged in 7 rows along the body.
    • Vendrasco et al. (2004) regarded the skeleton of E. dufoei as intermediate in form between the skeletons of multiplacophorans and typical chitons.2008, John Pojeta, Jimmie Dufoe, New information about Echinochiton dufoei, the Ordovician spiny chiton*, pages 32-33

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Questions about multiplacophorans

What is multiplacophorans the plural of?
Multiplacophorans is the plural of multiplacophoran.

Words near multiplacophorans in the dictionary

  1. multipiston
  2. multipitch
  3. multipixel
  4. multiplace
  5. multiplacophoran
  6. multiplacophorans
  7. multiplaintiff
  8. multiplanar
  9. multiplanarity
  10. multipland
  11. multiplands

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