nemertean

ne·mer·te·an  (n-mûrt-n) also nem·er·tine (nmr-tn)

n.

Any of several velvety, usually brightly colored worms of the phylum Nemertina (or Nemertea) that have a flat, unsegmented body with an extensible proboscis and live in the sea or in the mud of the intertidal zone. Also called ribbon worm.

adj.

Of or belonging to the phylum Nemertina (or Nemertea).

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[From New Latin Nmerts, type genus, from Greek, name of a Nereid.]

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nemertean [nɪˈmɜːtɪən], nemertine [ˈnɛməˌtaɪn]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called ribbon worm any soft flattened ribbon-like marine worm of the phylum (or class) Nemertea (or Nemertina), having an eversible threadlike proboscis

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Nemertea

[via New Latin from Greek Nēmertēs a Nereid¹]

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Noun

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nemertean - soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract nemertine, proboscis worm, ribbon 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 Nemertea, Nemertina, phylum Nemertea, phylum Nemertina - proboscis worms