Phacops

noun

Pha·​cops

ˈfāˌkäps

: a genus (the type of the family Phacopidae) comprising Silurian and Devonian trilobites with a large rounded glabella and a large pygidium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from phac- + -ops

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