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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor, hook”) + -oid. Cognate with French ancyroïde.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ankyroid (comparative more ankyroid, superlative most ankyroid)
- (zoology) Hook-shaped; uncinate.
Noun
ankyroid (plural ankyroids)
- (zoology) A member of the order Ankyroida.
1997 October, R L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 225:Stylophorans are divided into two orders the Cornuta and Ankyroida: cornutes have asymmetrical thecae, aulacophores with stylocones and cover plates over the food groove that open widely; ankyroids have essentially bilaterally symmetrical thecae, aulacophores with styloids and in most the cover plates do not open widely.
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