ORDER EURYPTERIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Eurypterida mean? 

• ORDER EURYPTERIDA (noun)
  The noun ORDER EURYPTERIDA has 1 sense:

1. extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic

  Familiarity information: ORDER EURYPTERIDA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER EURYPTERIDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eurypterida; order Eurypterida

Hypernyms ("order Eurypterida" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Eurypterida"):

eurypterid (large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs)

Holonyms ("order Eurypterida" is a member of...):

class Merostomata; Merostomata (used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida)