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nemertean, n. and a.|nɪˈmɜːtɪən|
[f. mod.L. Nemertes (Cuvier), a. Gr. νηµερτής the name of a sea-nymph.]
A. n. = nemertine n.
1861T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. vii. 156 The male Nemerteans present phenomena very similar to those just described as occurring in the female. 1880H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. xxiv. (ed. 6) 242 The Nemerteans..make a near approach to the dendrocœlous Planarians. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 641 The larger Nemerteans feed on fixed tubicolous Chaetopoda.
B. adj. = nemertine a.
1873McIntosh Brit. Annelids (Ray Soc.) i. p. xii, The former did much to place Nemertean anatomy on a proper basis. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 814 This species is found in saccules..between the body-walls and digestive tract of its Nemertean host. |