pogonophoran

po·go·noph·o·ran

 (pō′gə-nŏf′ər-ən) also po·gon·o·phore (pō-gŏn′ə-fôr′)

n.

Any of various marine annelid tubeworms of the family Siboglinidae (formerly classified in the phylum Pogonophora) that live in deep-sea habitats, often have numerous tentacles, and lack a digestive system, depending on endosymbiotic bacteria for nutrition.

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[From New Latin Pōgōnophora, former phylum name : Greek pōgōn, beard + Greek -phora, neuter pl. of -phoros, -phore.]

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po′go·noph′o·ran adj.

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pogonophoran

(ˌpəʊɡəˈnɒfərən)

n

(Animals) a marine invertebrate of the phylum Pogonophora

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pogonophoran - slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom beard worm worm - any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae phylum Pogonophora, Pogonophora - beard worms

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