pogonophoran

noun
po·​go·​noph·​o·​ran | \ ˌpō-gə-ˈnä-fə-rən How to pronounce pogonophoran (audio) \

Definition of pogonophoran

: any of a phylum (Pogonophora) of marine wormlike animals of uncertain systematic relationships that live in chitinous tubes on the floor of deep seas, have obscure segmentation, and lack a mouth and digestive tract

Other Words from pogonophoran

pogonophoran adjective

First Known Use of pogonophoran

1963, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for pogonophoran

New Latin Pogonophora, from Greek pōgōnophora, neuter plural of pōgōnophoros wearing a beard, from pōgōn beard + -phoros -phore

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