eurypterid (redirected from Sea scorpions)

eu·ryp·ter·id  (y-rptr-d)

n.

Any of various large, segmented aquatic arthropods of the order Eurypterida that existed from the Ordovician Period to the Permian Period.

---

[From New Latin Eurypterida, order name, from Eurypterus, genus name : eury- + Greek pteron, wing; see -pter.]

---

eurypterid [jʊˈrɪptərɪd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any large extinct scorpion-like aquatic arthropod of the group Eurypterida, of Palaeozoic times, thought to be related to the horseshoe crabs

[from New Latin Eurypterida, from eury- + Greek pteron wing, feather]

Thesaurus

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