aptychus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hard calcareous plate forming part of the body of an ammonite.

Word forms

aptychus aptychi

Etymology

Modern Latin, from a- + Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold, layer”).

Related words

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