aplacophoran

2 definitions found

aplacophoran - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  aplacophoran \aplacophoran\ n.
     1. one of the aplacophora; a deep-water wormlike mollusk
        lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine limy
        spicules on the covering mantle.
  
     Syn: solenogaster
          [WordNet 1.5]

aplacophoran - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  aplacophoran
      n 1: deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on
           the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering
           mantle [syn: solenogaster, aplacophoran]