ECHIUROIDEA


Meaning of ECHIUROIDEA in English

ˌekēyəˈrȯidēə noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Echiurus + -oidea

: a group of marine worms of obscure position though commonly classed as a division of Gephyrea and distinguished by a sensitive but nonretractile proboscis overlying the mouth which in some forms (as some worms of the genus Bonellia ) may attain great size

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