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Phragmophora

plural noun
Phrag·​moph·​o·​ra | \fragˈmäf(ə)rə\

Definition of Phragmophora 

in some classifications

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

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History and Etymology for Phragmophora

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

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