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protostegids

protostegids is the plural of protostegid.

Meaning of protostegid

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

Questions about protostegids

What is protostegids the plural of?
Protostegids is the plural of protostegid.

Words near protostegids in the dictionary

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

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