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Eurypterid

//jʊəˈɹɪp.tə.ɹɪd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large, prehistoric, carnivorous arthropod, of the class †Eurypterida, thought to be one of the first animals to venture onto land.
  2. 2
    large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Eurypterida. By surface analysis, eury- + -pter + -id.

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