SIPUNCULID


Meaning of SIPUNCULID in English

/suy pung"kyeuh lid/ , n.

1. an invertebrate of the phylum Sipuncula, comprising the peanut worms.

adj.

2. belonging or pertaining to the sipunculids.

[ 1885-90; orig. a member of the family Sipunculidae Sipuncul ( us ) a genus (L: var. of SIPHUNCULUS; see SIPHUNCLE) + -idae -ID 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .