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stomatopod

stomatopod noun: a member of the Stomatopoda order of marine crustaceans; a mantis shrimp.

Noun

stomatopod (plural stomatopods)

  1. A member of the Stomatopoda order of marine crustaceans; a mantis shrimp.
    • Although there has been variation, stomatopods have thrived with little change in their essential design for more than four hundred million years.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 101

Forms of stomatopod

pluralstomatopods

Origin of stomatopod

From order name Stomatopoda, corresponding to stomato- + -pod.

Questions about stomatopod

What does stomatopod mean?
Stomatopod means a member of the Stomatopoda order of marine crustaceans; a mantis shrimp.
What part of speech is stomatopod?
Stomatopod is a noun.
What is the plural of stomatopod?
The plural of stomatopod is stomatopods.

Words near stomatopod in the dictionary

  1. stomatopathies
  2. stomatopathy
  3. stomatoplastic
  4. stomatoplasties
  5. stomatoplasty
  6. stomatopod
  7. stomatopodous
  8. stomatopods
  9. stomatopyrosis
  10. stomatorrhagia
  11. stomatoscope

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