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Definition: ANAPTYCHUS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Anaptychus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Anaptychus \An*ap"ty*chus\, noun; plural Anaptichi. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression unfolding; back to fold.]. (references)

Definition: ANAPTYCHUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ANAPTYCHUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Anaptychus \An*ap"ty*chus\, noun; plural Anaptichi. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression unfolding; back to fold.]. (references)