English Explanatory Dictionary

gonodactyloid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any mantis shrimp in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea

Word forms

gonodactyloid gonodactyloids

Etymology

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.

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