Archaeocyathus

noun

Ar·​chaeo·​cy·​a·​thus

-thəs

: a genus of Cambrian fossils with characteristics of both sponges and corals that is included among the pleosponges or placed in Archaeocyatha

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from archae- + Latin cyathus cup

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