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Eurypterid

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Noun

1. eurypterid

large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs

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Eurypterid

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noun
any large extinct scorpion-like aquatic arthropod of the group Eurypterida, of Palaeozoic times, thought to be related to the horseshoe crabs

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Eurypterid

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noun
any of an extinct order (Eurypterida) of large, aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic Era, similar to the horseshoe crab and sometimes reaching a length of c. 1.8 m (c. 6 ft)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Eurypterid

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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.

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