Forcipulatida

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin, from forcipula (diminutive of Latin forcip-, forceps) + -ata + -ida.[1]

Proper noun

Forcipulatida

  1. A taxonomic order within the class Asteroidea – certain starfishes.

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References

  1. Forcipulatida”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
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