Aglaspis
noun
Aglas·pis
ə-ˈglas-pəs
: a genus (order Aglaspida) of extinct Cambrian arthropods thought to be related to the modern horseshoe crabs
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Greek aglaís "splendid, fine, bright" + New Latin -aspis -aspis
First Known Use
1861, in the meaning defined above