anopl-

combining form

variants or anoplo-

: unarmed

—chiefly in names of zoological taxa

Anoplanthus

anoplocephalic

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek anoplos, from an- + -hoplos (from hoplon tool, weapon)

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