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nycteroleterid

nycteroleterid noun: any parareptile of the family Nycteroleteridae.

Noun

nycteroleterid (plural nycteroleterids)

  1. Any parareptile of the family Nycteroleteridae.
    • Although Ivakhnenko (1987) suggests that nycteroleterids are closely related to pareiasaurs, a more recent analysis suggests that the two groups are only remotely related (Lee, 1995).2003, Michael J. Benton, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, page 83

Forms of nycteroleterid

pluralnycteroleterids

Questions about nycteroleterid

What does nycteroleterid mean?
Nycteroleterid means any parareptile of the family Nycteroleteridae.
What part of speech is nycteroleterid?
Nycteroleterid is a noun.
What is the plural of nycteroleterid?
The plural of nycteroleterid is nycteroleterids.

Words near nycteroleterid in the dictionary

  1. nyctemeral
  2. nycteribiid
  3. nycteribiids
  4. nycterid
  5. nycterids
  6. nycteroleterid
  7. nycteroleterids
  8. nycthemera
  9. nycthemeral
  10. nycthemere
  11. nycthemeres

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