anomalocarid

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noun

A member of the extinct arthropod clade †Anomalocarida.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounanomalocarid (plural anomalocarids)

plural anomalocarids

  1. A member of the extinct arthropod clade †Anomalocarida.

    Not paying attention, for the first time, means getting eaten by the swooping anomalocarid.

    2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 35
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    A third anomalocarid is now recognized in the Burgess Shale. Its front half is composed of 3 or 4 carapace like parts previously named Hurdia and Proboscicaris.

    1992, Desmond Collins, “Whither Anomalocaris? The search in the Burgess Shale continues”, in Fifth North American Paleontological Convention
  2. misspellingMisspelling of anomalocaridid.
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