Pentamerus

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Pentamerus m

  1. (†Pentamerus) A taxonomic genus within the family Pentameridae – prehistoric brachiopods that lived from the Silurian to the Middle Devonian in Asia, Europe, and North America.
  2. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Eriophyidae – certain gall mites.

Further reading

branchiopod
gall mite
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