Protephemerida

plural noun

Prot·​ephemerida

(¦)prōt+

: an order of extinct insects related to the Ephemeroptera, known only from the Upper Carboniferous, and characterized by long cerci and homonomous wings with numerous crossveins

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from prot- + Ephemerida

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