Lingulidae

plural noun

Lin·​gu·​li·​dae

liŋˈgyüləˌdē

: a family of brachiopods (order Atremata) that includes the earliest recorded Lower Cambrian animal fossils and is represented by a few recent forms see lingula

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Lingula, type genus + -idae

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