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trigonotarbid

trigonotarbid noun: any a group of extinct arachnids (order Trigonotarbida) of the late Silurian and early Permian periods, resembling spiders but without silk-producing spinnerets.

Noun

trigonotarbid (plural trigonotarbids)

  1. Any a group of extinct arachnids (order Trigonotarbida) of the late Silurian and early Permian periods, resembling spiders but without silk-producing spinnerets.
    • Around 70 different species of trigonotarbids have been recognised, mostly from the Carboniferous period, but some representatives are even older than the Rhynie Chert, pushing the origins of spider-like land animals back into the Silurian Period.2018 March 7, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian
    • True spiders have not yet arisen, but trigonotarbids are arachnids that are superficially very similar.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 215

Forms of trigonotarbid

pluraltrigonotarbids

Origin of trigonotarbid

From order name Trigonotarbida.

Questions about trigonotarbid

What does trigonotarbid mean?
Trigonotarbid means any a group of extinct arachnids (order Trigonotarbida) of the late Silurian and early Permian periods, resembling spiders but without silk-producing spinnerets.
What part of speech is trigonotarbid?
Trigonotarbid is a noun.
What is the plural of trigonotarbid?
The plural of trigonotarbid is trigonotarbids.

Words near trigonotarbid in the dictionary

  1. trigonometrist
  2. trigonometrists
  3. trigonometry
  4. trigonon
  5. trigonons
  6. trigonotarbid
  7. trigonotarbids
  8. trigonous
  9. trigonously
  10. trigons
  11. trigonum

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