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eurypterid

/yoo-rip-tuh-rid, yuh-/US // yʊˈrɪp tə rɪd, yə- //UK // (jʊˈrɪptərɪd) //

海豹突击队,蜥蜴人,海豹突击队员,海豹座

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any aquatic arthropod of the extinct order Eurypterida, from the Paleozoic Era, closely related to trilobites and scorpions.

Examples

  • The continuation of the dwindling process, already initiated in the Eurypterid, would easily result in the tentacles of Ammocœtes.

  • The body of this animal is elongate, somewhat eurypterid-like, but with a broad telson supplied with lateral swimmerets.