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parasquilloid

parasquilloid noun: a mantis shrimp in the superfamily Parasquilloidea.

Noun

parasquilloid (plural parasquilloids)

  1. A mantis shrimp in the superfamily Parasquilloidea.
    • Squilloids, eurysquilloids, parasquilloids and lysiosquilloids burrow in soft, level substrates.2004, Gary C. B. Poore, Marine Decapod Crustacea of Southern Australia
    • In other groups, the midband ommatidial facets are hexagonal, but vary in number from two or six (usually six) in lysiosquilloids and eurysquilloids, always two in squilloids, and two or three (usually two) in parasquilloids; […]2013, Carel von Vaupel Klein, Mireille Charmantier-Daures, Treatise on Zoology

Forms of parasquilloid

pluralparasquilloids

Questions about parasquilloid

What does parasquilloid mean?
Parasquilloid means a mantis shrimp in the superfamily Parasquilloidea.
What part of speech is parasquilloid?
Parasquilloid is a noun.
What is the plural of parasquilloid?
The plural of parasquilloid is parasquilloids.

Words near parasquilloid in the dictionary

  1. parasport
  2. parasports
  3. paraspurrite
  4. parasquillid
  5. parasquillids
  6. parasquilloid
  7. parasquilloids
  8. parastacid
  9. parastacids
  10. parastacine
  11. parastatal

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