PTEROBRANCH

Meaning of PTEROBRANCH in English

ˈterəˌbraŋk noun

( -s )

Etymology: New Latin Pterobranchia

: a member of the order Pterobranchia

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PTEROBRANCH — [ 'tɛrə(ʊ)braŋk ] ■ noun Zoology a minute tube-dwelling colonial acorn worm of a class (Pterobranchia) found chiefly in deep …
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PTEROBRANCH — any small marine invertebrate of the class Pterobranchia (phylum Hemichordata). Pterobranchs are found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere, but a …
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PROTOCHORDATE — any member of either of two invertebrate subphyla of the phylum Chordata: the Tunicata (sea squirts, salps, etc.) and the …
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HEMICHORDATE — any of a group of wormlike marine invertebrates closely related to the chordates and sometimes considered to constitute a phylum, …
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WORM — n. 25B6; noun . See list. vermiform, vermian, vermi-. Worms acanthocephalan nemertean acorn worm nereid annelid oligochaete arrow worm paddle …
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