Definition of Asaphus
:a genus of trilobites occurring abundantly in the Ordovician of northern Europe and having subequal cephala and pygidia
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Asaphus
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As·a·phus
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Origin and Etymology of asaphus
New Latin, irregular from Greek asaphēs indistinct, dim, from a- 2a- + saphēs distinct, clear
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