kinorhynchn.adj.
/ˈkʌɪnə(ʊ)rɪŋk/, U.S. /ˈkaɪnəˌrɪŋk/ Zoology.
A. n.
An animal of the phylum Kinorhyncha.
ΚΠ
1958 Q. Rev. Biol. 33 34/2 The kinorhynchs have several characters in common with gastrotrichs and especially nematodes, less with rotifers.
1987 M. S. Laverack & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) xi. 64/1 Hatching occurs when the young kinorhynch has 11 segments.
2004 Nature 15 Jan. 206/1 These are the scalidophorans, a collection of three gloriously obscure marine worms: priapulids, loriciferans and kinorhynchs.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the phylum Kinorhyncha.
ΚΠ
1960 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 5 121 The locality rich in fine deposits..was characterized by the relative abundance of several nematodes..and the three kinorhynch species.
1998 R. S. K. Barnes Diversity Living Organisms v. 209 Other aspects of kinorhynch anatomy..and their reproduction are typically aschelminth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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