EURYPTERID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eurypterid mean? 

• EURYPTERID (noun)
  The noun EURYPTERID has 1 sense:

1. large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs

  Familiarity information: EURYPTERID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EURYPTERID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("eurypterid" is a kind of...):

arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)

Holonyms ("eurypterid" is a member of...):

Eurypterida; order Eurypterida (extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic)