/feuh roh"nid/ , n.
1. any member of the invertebrate phylum Phoronida, wormlike marine animals living in a chitinous tube and having an anterior structure bearing ciliated tentacles for feeding.
adj.
2. belonging or pertaining to the phoronids.
[ Phoronida, equiv. to Phoron ( is ) name of genus ( -ida neut. pl. n. suffix; see -ID 2 ]