Hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom

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n. (context biology English) Any hermaphroditic wormlike marine animals of the phylum Phoronida; the horseshoe worms

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n. hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom

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Phoronids (scientific name Phoronida , sometimes called horseshoe worms ) are a phylum of marine animals that filter-feed with a lophophore (a "crown" of tentacles), and build upright tubes of chitin to support and protect their soft bodies. They live in ...