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zaphrentoid

zaphrentoid noun: a member of the taxonomic family Zaphrentidae, a prehistoric hexacoral.

Noun

zaphrentoid (plural zaphrentoids)

  1. A member of the taxonomic family Zaphrentidae, a prehistoric hexacoral.
    • Simpson in 1900 proposed Hapsiphyllum for zaphrentoids, with a horseshoe-shaped inner wall, making Zaphrentis calcareformis Hall the genotype.1914, George Gilmore Scott, A Physiological Study of the Changes in Mustelus Canis Produced by Modifications in the Molecular Concentration of the External Medium, page 189
    • According to Ivanovsky (1960), a structure typical of zaphrentoids is as follows: 1) corals are solitary; 2) septa have a bilateral symmetry in relation to cardinal septum situated in a fossula; […]1969, Acta palaeontologica Polonica, volume 14, page 131

Forms of zaphrentoid

pluralzaphrentoids

Questions about zaphrentoid

What does zaphrentoid mean?
Zaphrentoid means a member of the taxonomic family Zaphrentidae, a prehistoric hexacoral.
What part of speech is zaphrentoid?
Zaphrentoid is a noun.
What is the plural of zaphrentoid?
The plural of zaphrentoid is zaphrentoids.

Words near zaphrentoid in the dictionary

  1. Zapf
  2. Zapfs
  3. zaphara
  4. zaphrentid
  5. zaphrentids
  6. zaphrentoid
  7. zaphrentoids
  8. zapiekanka
  9. zapiekankas
  10. zapiekanki
  11. Zapien

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