Definition of Hypoparia
:an order of trilobites with marginal facial suture and small pygidium known from the Lower Ordivician through the Cambrian
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Hypoparia
plural noun
Hy·po·par·ia
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Origin and Etymology of hypoparia
New Latin, from hypo- + -paria (from Greek pareia cheek)
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