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eu•ryp•ter•id
(yŏŏ rip′tə rid, yə-),USA pronunciation n.
- Paleontologyany aquatic arthropod of the extinct order Eurypterida, from the Paleozoic Era, closely related to trilobites and scorpions.
- Neo-Latin Eurypteridae. See eury-, -pterous, -id2
- 1870–75
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