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protostegid

protostegid noun: any turtle in the family Protostegidae.

Noun

protostegid (plural protostegids)

  1. Any turtle in the family Protostegidae.
    • Loss of scutes (and corresponding loss of sucli^([sic]) on the underlying shell plates) is widely regarded as a derived condition that has occurred independently in trionychids, advanced carettochelyids (Carettochelyidae), and derived sea turtles such as dermochelyids and protostegids (e.g., Meylan...2012, Donald B. Brinkman, editor, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles

Forms of protostegid

pluralprotostegids

Questions about protostegid

What does protostegid mean?
Protostegid means any turtle in the family Protostegidae.
What part of speech is protostegid?
Protostegid is a noun.
What is the plural of protostegid?
The plural of protostegid is protostegids.

Words near protostegid in the dictionary

  1. protostars
  2. protostatai
  3. protostate
  4. protostatehood
  5. protostates
  6. protostegid
  7. protostegids
  8. protostele
  9. protosteles
  10. protostelic
  11. protostelid

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