Phragmophora

plural noun

Phrag·​moph·​o·​ra

fragˈmäf(ə)rə

in some classifications

: a suborder of Decapoda comprising the fossil belemnites and the surviving genus Spirula

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from phragmo- (from Greek phragmos fence) + -phora

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