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eu·ryp·ter·id

(yo͝o-rĭp′tər-ĭd)
n.
Any of various large segmented aquatic arthropods of the order Eurypterida that existed from the Ordovician Period to the Permian Period, having a long tail often with a spinelike appendage at the tip. Also called sea scorpion.
[From New Latin Eurypterida, order name, from Eurypterus, genus name : eury- + Greek pteron, wing; see -pter.]
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eurypterid

(jʊˈrɪptərɪd)
n
(Animals) any large extinct scorpion-like aquatic arthropod of the group Eurypterida, of Palaeozoic times, thought to be related to the horseshoe crabs
[C19: from New Latin Eurypterida, from eury- + Greek pteron wing, feather]
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eu•ryp•ter•id

(yʊˈrɪp tə rɪd, yə-)

n.
any extinct aquatic arthropod of the Paleozoic order Eurypterida, related to horseshoe crabs.
[1870–75; < New Latin Eurypteridae. See eury-, -pterous, -id 2]
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Noun 1. eurypterid - large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs
arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
Eurypterida, order Eurypterida - extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic
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