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noun
Any mantis shrimp in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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History
From Gonodactylus + -oid, from gono- (“joint”) from Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee, joint”) and Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”)), in reference to the species' specialized appendages.
