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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EURYPTERID

From New Latin Eurypterida, from eury- + Greek pteron wing, feather.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EURYPTERID

eurypterid  [jʊˈrɪptərɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EURYPTERID

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preposition
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Eurypterid is a noun.
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WHAT DOES EURYPTERID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

eurypterid

Eurypterid

Eurypterids are an extinct group of arthropods that are related to arachnids and include the largest known arthropods to have ever lived. They are members of the extinct order Eurypterida; which is the most diverse Paleozoic chelicerate order in terms of species. The name Eurypterida comes from the Greek words eury- and pteron. This name was chosen due to the pair of wide swimming appendages on the first fossil eurypterids discovered. The largest, such as Jaekelopterus, reached 2.5 metres in length, but most species were less than 20 centimetres. They were formidable predators that thrived in warm shallow water, in both seas and lakes, from the mid Ordovician to late Permian. Although informally called "sea scorpions", only the earliest ones were marine, and they were not true scorpions. According to theory, the move from the sea to fresh water had probably occurred by the Pennsylvanian subperiod. Eurypterids are believed to have undergone ecdysis, making their significance in ecosystems difficult to assess, because it can be difficult to tell a fossil moult from a true fossil carcass.

Definition of eurypterid in the English dictionary

The definition of eurypterid in the dictionary is any large extinct scorpion-like aquatic arthropod of the group Eurypterida, of Palaeozoic times, thought to be related to the horseshoe crabs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EURYPTERID


acarid
ˈækərɪd
ascarid
ˈæskərɪd
asterid
ˈæstərɪd
elaterid
ɪˈlætərɪd
epeirid
ɛˈpaɪərɪd
ephemerid
ɪˈfɛmərɪd
galleried
ˈɡælərɪd
liveried
ˈlɪvərɪd
lurid
ˈlʊərɪd
nectaried
ˈnektərɪd
pilloried
ˈpɪlərɪd
salaried
ˈsælərɪd
sigillarid
sɪˈdʒɪlərɪd
stellerid
ˈstɛlərɪd
traceried
ˈtreɪsərɪd
unsalaried
ʌnˈsælərɪd
unvaried
ʌnˈvɛərɪd
unwearied
ʌnˈwɪərɪd
varied
ˈvɛərɪd
wearied
ˈwɪərɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EURYPTERID

eurybath
eurybathic
Eurydice
euryhaline
euryokous
eurypteroid
Eurystheus
eurytherm
eurythermal
eurythermic
eurythermous
eurythmic
eurythmical
eurythmics
eurythmy
eurytopic

WORDS THAT END LIKE EURYPTERID

antherid
arid
chimerid
clerid
florid
grid
horrid
hybrid
jerid
Madrid
murid
national grid
off-grid
off the grid
pierid
rid
starting grid
the grid
torrid
Wilfrid

Synonyms and antonyms of eurypterid in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «eurypterid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EURYPTERID

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eurypterid
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eurypterid
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eurypterid
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eurypterid
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eurypterid
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eurypterid
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eurypterid
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eurypterid
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Euripterid
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eurypterid
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eurypterid
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eurypterid
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Eurypterid
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eurypterid
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Translator English - Tamil

eurypterid
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युरीप्टरिड
75 millions of speakers

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eurypterid
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eurypterid
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eurypterid
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Translator English - Ukrainian

eurypterid
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Translator English - Romanian

eurypterid
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Translator English - Greek

eurypterid
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

eurypterid
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Translator English - Swedish

eurypterid
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eurypterid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eurypterid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EURYPTERID»

The term «eurypterid» is used very little and occupies the 166.394 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EURYPTERID» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eurypterid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EURYPTERID»

Discover the use of eurypterid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eurypterid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eurypterid
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Eurypterids (sea scorpions) are an extinct group of arthropods related to arachnids which include the largest known arthropods that ever lived.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Trace Fossil Analysis
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 77,41 p (Diagnoses of the first known Coconino trackways) Hanken N-M, Störmer L (1975) The trail of a large Silurian eurypterid. Fossils and Strata 4:255–270, 3 pls (Detailed kinetic analysis of ...
Adolf Seilacher, 2007
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Fossil Trackways: Tetrapod, Acrocanthosaurus, Beacon ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, LLC Books, 2011
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The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event
Eurypterida indet. in Elias 1980 Doubtful eurypterid as calcareous Eurypterida indet. ?New genus (S. Donato pers. comm.) ?Eurypterida indet. (cf. Onychopterella) (S. Yanbin pers. comm.) Three incomplete specimens, one an orthocone ...
B. D. Webby, Florentin Paris, Mary L. Droser, 2013
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Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems
More recent cladistic analysis of the Nektaspida by Paterson et al. (2010) has suggested that this group is not part of the trilobites proper, but the relationships between them remain unclear. Eurypterid. A few myodocopid ostracods have been ...
Paul Selden, John Nudds, 2012
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A Sea without Fish: Life in the Ordovician Sea of the ...
One additional eurypterid species, Eocarcinosoma batrachophthalmus, was described from this bed on the basis ofan isolated prosoma. Megalograptus ohioensis was one of the largest creatures in the Cincinnatian sea floor community, ...
Richard Arnold Davis, David L. Meyer, 2009
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Articles on Eurypterida, Including: Eurypterid, Eurypterus, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
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In Search of Deep Time: Beyond the Fossil Record to a New ...
Like scorpions, they were segmented animals with jointed legs, and some species had formidable-looking sets of pincers. Some eurypterids grew to three metres in length. Eurypterid fossils become less common in the succeeding Devonian ...
Henry Gee, 1999
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Colossal Cataract: The Geologic History of Niagara Falls
Remains of eurypterids are almost always found in rocks that are assumed to have been formed in aquatic environments where salinity was greater or less than normal. In either case, the eurypterid's associates were few in number and kind; ...
Irving H. Tesmer, Jerold C. Bastedo, 1981
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Arthropod Relationships
The posteriormost prosomal appendage of Diploaspis is a eurypterid-like paddle. The preservation of some of this Devonian material is patchy and there is a suspicion that these taxa might represent a composite of a number of different fossils.
Richard A. Fortey, Richard H. Thomas, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EURYPTERID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eurypterid is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bucknell Answers: Fossils at Winfield Quarry
We got out of the vehicle on my third trip to that quarry, and a student immediately found a eurypterid fossil. Kate Fleming, the student at the time ... «Bucknell University, Feb 15»
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Sea scorpions, crocodile or dinosaurs: hunt for Scotland's most …
Miller said his own favourite fossil was the eurypterid, a giant six-legged scorpion-like creature which measured two metres long. Preserved ... «Herald Scotland, Dec 14»
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Local fossils tell pre-historic story of Connecticut River valley
Later he found out that it was actually part of a Eurypterid, or Sea Scorpion, worth about $60. Sea Scorpions are part of the arachnid family. «Hartford Courant, Sep 14»
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Giant sea scorpion was likely a lame predator
A modern-day eye exam calls into question what scientists have long assumed about the extinct giant pterygotid eurypterid, the largest ... «Futurity: Research News, Jul 14»
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Extinct Giant Sea Scorpion had Poor Eyesight
Thanks to a post-extinction eye exam conducted by Yale University scientists, it turns out the giant pterygotid eurypterid - the largest arthropod ... «Nature World News, Jul 14»
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Prehistoric two-metre scorpion wasn't so ferocious after all
The giant pterygotid eurypterid is not just the largest scorpion that ever lived, but the largest of any arthropod -- a classification that includes all ... «Wired.co.uk, Jul 14»
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Giant ancient sea scorpions had bad eyesight
Pterygotids were a type of eurypterid, an extinct type of sea scorpion related to arachnids. These ocean-dwelling creatures lived between about ... «Fox News, Jul 14»
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"Monster" Sea Scorpion Was a Gentle Giant
Photo of a replica model of a Eurypterid pincer, an extinct giant Sea Scorpion. A model of an ancient giant sea scorpion at the Smithsonian's ... «NatGeo News Watch, Jul 14»
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Pech gehabt: Das "älteste geflügelte Insekt der Welt" ist gar keines
2005, ein Vierteljahrhundert nach ihrer Entdeckung, entpuppte sie sich aber als Eurypterid bzw. Seeskorpion, eine ausgestorbene Tiergruppe, ... «derStandard.at, Feb 13»
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Backyard Scorpions: We've got some of the stingers in these parts …
Further along in the fossil record (of the Pennsylvanian Period) you will find an arachnid that resembles both eurypterid and scorpion, ... «The Source Weekly, Nov 12»

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