aplacophoran

aplacophoran
/ap'leuh kof"euhr euhn/, n. Zool.
solenogaster.
[ < NL Aplacophor(a) the class name (a- A-6 + Gk plak-, s. of pláx flat object, tablet + -o- -O- + -phora, neut. pl. of -phoros bearing, -PHOROUS) + -AN]

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