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po·go·noph·o·ran P0399050 (pō′gə-nŏf′ər-ən) also po·gon·o·phore (pō-gŏn′ə-fôr′)n. Any of various marine annelid tubeworms of the family Siboglinidae (formerly classified in the phylum Pogonophora) that live in deep-sea habitats, often have numerous tentacles, and lack a digestive system, depending on endosymbiotic bacteria for nutrition.
[From New Latin Pōgōnophora, former phylum name : Greek pōgōn, beard + Greek -phora, neuter pl. of -phoros, -phore.]
po′go·noph′o·ran adj.pogonophoran (ˌpəʊɡəˈnɒfərən) n (Animals) a marine invertebrate of the phylum PogonophoraThesaurus| Noun | 1. | pogonophoran - slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottombeard wormworm - any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvaephylum Pogonophora, Pogonophora - beard worms |
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Synonyms for pogonophorannoun slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer coveringSynonymsRelated Words- worm
- phylum Pogonophora
- Pogonophora
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