Meanings
plural phragmoteuthids
- biologyAn extinct cephalopod of the order Phragmoteuthida.
Multiple jaws and arm hooklets of squid-like phragmoteuthids are known from the stomach area of several ichthyosaurs.
2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page 70
Origin
From scientific Latin Phragmoteuthida (order name).
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