Gonodactyloid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gonodactyloid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea.
Meaning
(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea.
Example Sentences
The posterolateral margins are usually broadly rounded, but in Harpiosquillidae Manning, 1980, the posterolateral margins are deeply excavate, and in several gonodactyloids, the posterolateral margin is squared.
It is possible that in the coral-dwelling gonodactyloids the accumulation of muscle tension and sudden release of the pendulum-like 'hammer' would impose too much stress on the muscles and skeleton of the appendage if animals were larger […]
Word Forms
- gonodactyloids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gonodactylid, odontodactylid, mantoid, lysiosquilloid, hymenopodid, amorphoscelid.
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