Receptaculitidae
plural noun
Re·cep·tac·u·lit·i·dae
: a family of calcareous fossils sometimes placed in the Hyalospongiae but usually set apart as the class Receptaculida see receptaculites
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Receptaculites, type genus + -idae
- trophozooid
- trophy
- trophy cress
- trophy money
- trophy room
- trophy tax
- trophy wife
- trophying
- trophyless
- trophywort
- tropic
- tropic bird
- Tropic of Cancer
- Tropic of Capricorn
- tropical
- tropical air
- tropical almond
- tropical apricot
- tropical aquarium
- tropical bleach
- tropical cyclone
- tropical duckweed
- tropical dysentery
- tropical fish
- tropical fowl mite