PHORONID

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("phoronid" is a kind of...):

invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)

Holonyms ("phoronid" is a member of...):

Phoronida; Phoronidea; phylum Phoronida (small phylum of wormlike marine animals)

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