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ORDER EURYPTERIDA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic

Synonyms:

Eurypterida; order Eurypterida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("order Eurypterida" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Eurypterida"):

eurypterid (large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs)

Holonyms ("order Eurypterida" is a member of...):

class Merostomata; Merostomata (used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida)

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