Etymology

cloudinid

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Today it means: Any extinct animal in the family Cloudinidae. Full definition →

translingual Cloudinidae
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  1. translingual · derived fromCloudinidae
  2. English todaycloudinid

translingual Cloudinidae + -id. Named after American paleontologist Preston Cloud.

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