Translingual

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Thyone fusus, a species of the Dendrochirotida.

Etymology

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dendro- (tree, branch) +‎ chiro- (hand) +‎ -ida, literally hand-tree, tree of hands, ultimately from Ancient Greek δένδρον n (déndron, tree, branch) +‎ Ancient Greek χείρ f (kheír, hand) +‎ Latin -ida. Coined by German zoologist and arachnologist Adolph Eduard Grube in 1840.

Proper noun

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Dendrochirotida

  1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Actinopoda – dendrochirotids; certain sea cucumbers.

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Hyponyms

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Descendants

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  • English: dendrochirotid (learned)

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