solenogaster

solenogaster
noun
deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle
Syn: ↑aplacophoran
Hypernyms: ↑gastropod, ↑univalve

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/seuh lee"neuh gas'teuhr, -len"euh-/, n. Zool.
any of a group of wormlike mollusks, class Solenogastres (formerly Aplacophora), inhabiting deep ocean layers and having fine limy spicules on the covering mantle. Also called aplacophoran.
[ < NL, equiv. to soleno- (comb. form of Gk solén pipe, channel; see -O-) + -gaster < Gk gastér paunch, belly]

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