aplacophora

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aplacophora - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aplacophora \Ap`la*coph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + ?
     a flat cake + fe`rein to bear.] (Zool.)
     A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or
     covered with slender spines or set[ae], but is without shelly
     plates.
     [1913 Webster]

aplacophora - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Aplacophora
      n 1: an order of Amphineura [syn: Solenogastres, order Solenogastres
           , Aplacophora, order Aplacophora]