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单词 monticuliporoid
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monticuliporoid

/ˌmɒntɪkjuːˈlɪpərɔɪd/
Palaeontology
adjective
Of or relating to the genus Monticulipora or related genera of massive stony colonial bryozoans found as fossils from early Palaeozoic times.
  • In the 19th cent. monticuliporoids were widely believed to be corals, but are now recognized as bryozoans, chiefly of the stenolaemate order Trepostomata..
noun
A bryozoan of the group typified by the genus Monticulipora.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Nicholson (1844–1899), biologist and geologist. From scientific Latin Monticulipora, genus name + -oid.

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