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noun
A large, prehistoric, carnivorous arthropod, of the class †Eurypterida, thought to be one of the first animals to venture onto land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: arthropod
History
Borrowed from translingual Eurypterida. By surface analysis, eury- + -pter + -id.
