NEMERTEAN


Meaning of NEMERTEAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ni-ˈmər-tē-ən ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek Nēmertēs Nemertes, one of the Nereids

Date: 1861

: any of a phylum (Nemertea syn. Rhynchocoela) of often vividly colored usually long dorsoventrally flattened marine worms that typically burrow in the mud or sand along seacoasts — called also ribbon worm

• nem·er·tine ˈne-mər-ˌtīn adjective or noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.