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Adapted borrowing from taxonomic name †Petalonamae + -id
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Any of the extinct phylum †Petalonamae of motionless archaic animals that resemble leaves. Full definition →
Adapted borrowing from taxonomic name †Petalonamae + -id
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.