phragmoteuthid

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noun

An extinct cephalopod of the order Phragmoteuthida.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

nounphragmoteuthid (plural phragmoteuthids)

plural phragmoteuthids

  1. 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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