Tully Monster
Tully Monster is the alternative letter-case form of Tully monster.
Noun capitalized: Tully monster
Tully monster (plural Tully monsters)
- A soft-bodied bilaterian animal, notable for its dubious taxonomic status, †Tullimonstrum gregarium, which lived in shallow tropical coastal waters of muddy estuaries during the Pennsylvanian geological period, about 300 million years ago. This animal has an odd appearance, having a mostly cigar-shaped body, with a triangular tail fin, two long stalked eyes, and a proboscis tipped with a mouth-like appendage.
Forms of Tully Monster
| plural | Tully Monsters |
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| plural | Tully monsters |
| alternative form | Tully Monster |
Origin of Tully Monster
Named after amateur collector Francis Tully, who found the first of these fossils in 1955.
Questions about Tully Monster
- What does Tully Monster mean?
- Tully Monster means a soft-bodied bilaterian animal, notable for its dubious taxonomic status, †Tullimonstrum gregarium, which lived in shallow tropical coastal waters of muddy estuaries during the Pennsylvanian geological period, about 300 million years ago. This animal has an odd appearance, having a mostly cigar-shaped body, with a triangular tail fin, two long stalked eyes, and a proboscis tipped with a mouth-like appendage.
- What is Tully Monster the alternative letter-case form of?
- Tully Monster is the alternative letter-case form of Tully monster.
- What part of speech is Tully Monster?
- Tully Monster is a noun.
- What is the plural of Tully Monster?
- The plural of Tully Monster is Tully Monsters.
Words near Tully Monster in the dictionary
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