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- n. zoology In zoological nomenclature, a name which describes a fossil with no unique diagnostic features, and which therefore can not accurately be assigned a classification.
Etymologies
- Latin nomen (name) and dubium (dubious). (Wiktionary)
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Words of Dinosaurology
This quickly got bigger and weirder than originally intended, so now it's housing terms that relate to the study of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. See also Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Ichthy...
zygopophyses, ziphodont, plesiomorphic, cleidoic, endothermy, ectothermy, viviparous, vertebrae, cervical, dorsal, sacral, caudal and 628 more...
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biologic
protoplasm, microchimerism, organelle, panspermia, housekeeping gene, double crossover, incomplete dominance, bacteriophage, connectomics, antigenic drift, inoculation, punctuated equili... and 138 more...
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