pogonophoran — noun Etymology: New Latin Pogonophora, from Greek pōgōnophora, neuter plural of pōgōnophoros wearing a beard, from pōgōn beard + phoros phore Date: 1963 any of a phylum (Pogonophora) of marine wormlike animals of uncertain systematic… … New Collegiate Dictionary
pogonophoran — /poh geuh nof euhr euhn/, n. any member of the small phylum Pogonophora, slender tentacled animals having a tubelike outer covering, living on the deep ocean bottom. Also called beard worm. [ < NL Pogonophor(a) phylum name (Gk pogono , comb. form … Universalium
pogonophoran — 1. noun Any marine, wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pogonophora 2. adjective Characteristic of these creatures … Wiktionary
pogonophoran — po·go·noph·o·ran … English syllables
beard worm — noun slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom • Syn: ↑pogonophoran • Hypernyms: ↑worm • Member Holonyms: ↑Pogonophora, ↑phylum Pogonophora * * * Zool. pogonophoran. [ … Useful english dictionary
tube worm — I. noun : an annelid worm (as a serpulid) building and living in a tube II. noun : a pogonophoran and especially an extremely large one that is found near deep ocean hydrothermal vents * * * tube worm noun A worm that makes a tube to inhabit • •… … Useful english dictionary
tube worm — noun Date: circa 1819 a worm that lives in a tube: as a. any of various polychaetes or oligochaetes b. (1) pogonophoran (2) vestimentiferan … New Collegiate Dictionary
pogonophorous — See pogonophoran. * * * … Universalium
beard worm — Zool. pogonophoran. [1965 70] * * * … Universalium
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