eurypterid
pronunciation
How to pronounce eurypterid in British English:
UK [jʊə'rɪptərɪd]
How to pronounce eurypterid in American English:
US [jʊ'rɪptərɪd]
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- Noun:
- large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs
Word Origin
- eurypterid (n.)
- fossil swimming crustacean of the Silurian and Devonian, 1874, from Greek eurys "broad, wide" (see eury-) + pteron "feather, wing" (see pterodactyl); so called from their swimming appendages.