meraspis

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noun

A stage in the development of a trilobite where the creature is growing, molting and developing its adult segmentation, but has not yet grown all segments.

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nounmeraspis (plural meraspides)

plural meraspides

  1. A stage in the development of a trilobite where the creature is growing, molting and developing its adult segmentation, but has not yet grown all segments.

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