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Definition of Ophiurid
1. n. Same as Ophiurioid.
Definition of Ophiurid
1. Adjective. (alternative form of ophiuroid) ¹
2. Noun. (alternative form of ophiuroid) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ophiurid
1. ophiura [n -S] - See also: ophiura
Medical Definition of Ophiurid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ophiurid
Literary usage of Ophiurid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems by August Weismann (1892)
"If the latter were true we should expect that the rods would lie in the middle
of the mass of ' linin ' representing the ophiurid body1, and this, ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1905)
"A single arm-segment of a recent ophiurid, ... 1 and 2) the same statement would
apply to the recent ophiurid, and some trace of this origin might be seen ..."
3. Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous Formations by Walter Percy Sladen, William Kingdon Spencer, Thomas Wright (1880)
"FAMILY ophiurid.*;. Four genital fissures in each ... A. Disk covered with hard
plates. FAMILIES. ophiurid. ..."
4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1892)
"The most remarkable character of this ophiurid (see Plate XI. figs. 3 and 4) is
the complete absence of a ventral plate ; no other existing ..."
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