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Compound of wapen + dier.
- IPA(key): /ˈʋaː.pə(n)ˌdiːr/
- Hyphenation: wa‧pen‧dier
wapendier n (plural wapendieren, diminutive wapendiertje n)
- (heraldry) a heraldic animal
- (figurative, uncommon) a symbolic or totemic animal
- (obsolete, biology, chiefly diminutive, rare) a member of the genus Brachionus of rotifers
- (archaic, biology, chiefly diminutive, very rare) a member of the family Stylonychia of ciliates
